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Ethan Blackledge

They both look at each other for what felt like forever, before Kat decided to break the silence. Ethan knew it was his child, but it just took a lot out of him finding out he had a kid. “I know.” Was all Ethan could muster up before she continued. He was shocked though from what she said next. “No… You think I’d leave my daughter? Even if I was so cruel to not want anything to do with her, I couldn’t leave you behind…” Ethan took in a breath to brace himself for what he was about to say. “There’s around a thousand walkers only a few hours away and it wouldn’t surprise me if they’re coming this way… You’ll have no chance.” Ethan didn’t want to sugarcoat it for her, he wanted to be as bleak as possible to convince Kat to join them. 

Then it hit him, “I…” He looked down, trying to get his words out, a slight pain clear in Ethan’s face. “I don’t even know my own daughter’s name.” Ethan waited for Kats response and a sad smile crossed his face as he looked back up at hearing the name ‘Grace'. “I like it.” Ethan couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle, it was the first thing he managed to smile about after the horrible day him and his group had. After that they talked for a while longer until they didn’t have much more to say to each other, heading back downstairs. 

“Okay people.” Ethan shouted as he walked in the front room getting everyone’s attention. “Most of us know what’s only a few hours away and we have no idea which way they’re gunna go... That horde is too big to actually get rid of so we need to keep moving South... We’ll rest here for the night but as soon the sun comes up, we set off. The nearest city from here is San Clemente and none of us here have any clue what’s there, unless you two have checked the city out before.” He pointed at the new two people. “If you both want and nobody as any problems you can come with us. We can always do with someone who has training from the Navy.” He said to Jason and then looked at the woman, he still didn’t know her name, “And if you actually want to help our group I can’t say no to that, but these next few days are gunna be extremely difficult, I can’t lie to any of you.” 

After his speech he stayed up for a while listening to everyone’s opinions and concerns. Later on when the conversations started to die down, he went over to Walter and quietly said, “If you’re still okay to take the first watch, I think our group would feel a lot safer. We still don’t really know who these two people are and I want to make sure we can trust them first. When you want some sleep, come and wake me up… I’m gunna try and get some myself now, cheers mate.” He smiled at him and then went off into one of the quieter rooms and lied down on the floor to try and get a bit of rest.

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Light slowly started to fill through the windows as Ethan was sat up in the corner slowly eating some canned tuna. There was still half a can left when he set it down, knowing someone else would need it. He slowly stood up and gave a stretch before chucking on his blue jacket on and quietly waking everyone up one by one. 

As everyone was getting ready Ethan stepped outside to make sure there wasn’t any sign of the horde. After that he took a swig of his water and put it back into his rucksack, whilst making sure his bow was properly attached to the bag. Ethan then leant against a car waiting for everyone to come out of the house.
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