[ Before the day is done Steve knows that he's going to be covered in blood and guts, but it wouldn't be the first time. Nothing about this is pleasant, and even if these bodies are rotting, some of them are still fresh enough that there isn't a huge disconnect. These are humans, or were humans, and there's no getting around that.
But he's taken human life before. He fought in a war, and did what needed to be done back then. This is the same.
The person he's fighting alongside seems to understand what stakes they're working under too, as he brutally takes one of the other undead down with his bare hands. Steve, meanwhile, pulls his shield free from the one he'd killed, wiping viscera from the rim. He looks away, sizing up how many are still around them (a lot), before looking back to the stranger.
Who's... not a stranger. His face has resolved into the reality again, and Steve recognizes it. That confirms that theory, then. ]
Murdock.
[ Steve nods to him, a brief acknowledgement, but that's all they have time for. As another zombie creeps up on them, he races toward it and sends a roundhouse kick into its face, knocking it to the ground. ]
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But he's taken human life before. He fought in a war, and did what needed to be done back then. This is the same.
The person he's fighting alongside seems to understand what stakes they're working under too, as he brutally takes one of the other undead down with his bare hands. Steve, meanwhile, pulls his shield free from the one he'd killed, wiping viscera from the rim. He looks away, sizing up how many are still around them (a lot), before looking back to the stranger.
Who's... not a stranger. His face has resolved into the reality again, and Steve recognizes it. That confirms that theory, then. ]
Murdock.
[ Steve nods to him, a brief acknowledgement, but that's all they have time for. As another zombie creeps up on them, he races toward it and sends a roundhouse kick into its face, knocking it to the ground. ]