"The way the Saviors introduce themselves is to immediately kill one person from the group they find, then offer their deal. They killed two of ours because we destroyed one of their outposts." She sits back and wipes sweat from her brow. "It's probably better that you don't. If you're going to attack another group, don't leave them room to attack back. And if you want to work with them, don't attack at all. Working together takes trust, and if you attack them, they'll never trust you."

She isn't quite sure why she feels compelled to offer this advice to someone clearly more experienced in warfare than she is. At least the idea for peaceful alliances has been planted.

"It's honestly not something I like to think about. If someone gets sick, we get them the help they need. If someone is beyond saving, we try to make their passing as comfortable as possible, then we prevent them from turning, bury them, and move on."