You and Joel had been traveling for some time, fighting to keep both of your asses safe and you two had just gotten through a large amount of infected, including a bloater.

“How you holding up kid?” Joel said, looking over his shoulder to look at you, noticing your wobbling legs, shaky breathing, and anxious look on your face he stopped and stepped towards you, placing a hand on your shoulder. “Hey, you did good kiddo, you fought those damn infected off like a champ. You’re a brave kid.”