You know, you really shouldn't be out here all on your own.
From where I'm sitting, you shouldn't be out here on your own.
Fair enough. So what's your name?
[Ellie stays silent.]
It's hard to trust strangers, I know -- but I honestly mean you no harm. And for what it's worth? There's room for you in our group, if you want.
You inviting me to your hunger club? Thanks.
It's true, we're hungry. But... we're still here. I'm a decent man, just trying to take care of the people who rely on me.
You're their leader?
Wasn't my choice; it was theirs, but... yes.
They chose to follow you. Is this some weird cult thing?
Uh... Well, you sorta kinda got me there, I am a preacher. But just pretty standard Bible stuff. [off Ellie's look] What?
The whole world ended and you still believe that shit.
I actually started believing after the world ended. Before that, I was a teacher -- Math. Taught kids about your age.
So you went from teacher to preacher because, what, it fucking rhymes?
Yeah, exactly.
But seriously...
Well, I found God after the apocalypse, which is either the best time or the worst time to find Him. Hard to say. But when the Pittsburgh QZ fell in '17, Fireflies and FEDRA... I left with a few others and that's how I ended up with our flock.
You're a long way from Pittsburgh.
Yep, we'd settle somewhere and then raiders would come, so we'd move again. And as we wandered, we picked up new people along the way until... we ended up here.
Well, your luck had to run out sooner or later.
Hm? "Luck"? There's no such thing as luck. No, I... I believe everything happens for a reason. [off Ellie's more incredulous look] It does! It does, I can prove it to you.
Okay.
We didn't expect this winter to be so cruel; nothing'll grow, grain's been hard to find... So I sent four of our people to a nearby town to, to scavenge what they could. And only three of 'em came back. And the one that didn't was a father; he had a daughter just like you, and her dad was taken from her. Turns out, he was murdered by this crazy man -- and get this... That crazy man was travelling with a little girl.
[Ellie shifts.]
You see? Everything happens for a reason.
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