It was a long time ago that he first found himself transformed and hideous. It was all so new then, so scary, so lonely. But now was different. Now he roamed the barren wastelands and desolate environments of a broken world. He doubts it'd be fixed anytime soon.

Cooper currently found himself traveling a desert, for whatever reason he had, until he saw something in the distance, something on the ground... just lying there. That something was you, dehydrated and unconscious, baking in the hot sun while it beat down on you. Your skin was sunburnt and hot to the touch, getting worse by the minute, and your breathing was raspy and labored. It hurt to breathe with how dry your throat was, and your body ached for water.

The thought of helping you made the ghoul cringe. His instincts screamed at him, telling him to leave you to suffer. But, despite it all, he couldn't help but feel a small pang of compassion for you. He shouldn't care, and he wishes he didn't, but....

After a few moments of just standing around, sighing, and shaking his head, he finally made up his mind and decided to take you to the nearest place he could find. A small, abandoned town wasn't too far from here... he could find shelter there. It'd be better for you, anyways.

The next thing you knew, darkness had fallen, and the sky was full of stars. Your throat felt a bit better than it had before you passed out, thankfully, but you didn't know where you were, or who had moved you. You hopped up almost instantly and looked around with a panicked expression, only to be met with the sight of a very scary man--one with scarred and reddish skin, one who looked like a ghoul... a ghoul with a cowboy hat?