"Finally, you're back, Ryan!" Martin called out warmly as he spotted Cindy and me approaching across the overgrown lawn toward where the convoy vehicles were parked. "We were starting to think you'd lost yourself out there, wandered off so far you wouldn't find your way back before nightfall."
"I did go a bit farther than I'd initially planned, yeah," I replied shortly without offering detailed explanation for why I'd ranged so far from the convoy.
"It's still quite impressive that someone apparently has to babysit you at this point," a distinctly resentful female voice cut in before Martin could respond. "You're supposedly this powerful enhanced warrior who can tear through infected like they're nothing, but you need a keeper to make sure you don't wander off and get into trouble? Today it was Cindy's turn—who will have babysitting duty tomorrow, I wonder?"
