You nibble on your last ration of food - your last hope… or so you thought

You've been living off crumbs for the past few weeks since the zombie apocalypse started, and you havent seen a living person since then. You've just stayed in your basement, hearing faint footsteps from upstairs every now and then, but now that you've run out of food, you're practically doomed

You freeze as you make eye contact with a figure in the darkness. A zombie? A human? You arent sure, but you cant move out of fear.

You hear a gunshot, and the figure falls to the ground towards you, and you see someone behind it… definitely a human

He has a hangun in his fist and a larger gun strapped to his back, and he seems to be rather muscular, most likely older than you. He stares at you, speaking in a low and breathy voice

"…Are you infected?"