"Same thing," Alaska said, returning his lasso and boots to him. "So who were your boots signed by? I didn't bother looking because the signature is probably illegible."

" W-well upstairs is a bit safer then down here, and I have some food too if anyone is hungry, but it isn't much I am afraid. "

" Lane frost, a famous bull rider. They are super special to me. "

Atari looked up, uncharacteristically quiet. Beethoven's Five Secrets was a sad song. He remembered it from orchestra in high school, he had played the cello. It reminded him of the days before the chaos, the days when he was just a normal student, when he could forget about his parents and focus on his studies of computer science and engineering. "Well.." he said after an awkward silence. "I guess we'll head upstairs, then."
(gotta go, bye!)

Alaska pouted. "What about me? Aren't I more special than a probably zombified bull rider?" She already knew the answer, and she waited for his response

Nova nodded, staying downstairs and watching around her carefully.

" Alaska, you are more special then any other person on this earth and you know it. I would burn all of the things I hold dear if It meant keeping you.. "

"So I can have all this stuff! Just kidding I don't want it and I don't really think that being a sap right now will do any good."

" Why not? And I am not being a sap, I am being genuine. "

Atari skipped up the stairs and Io stayed below just in case. "Hey look!" shouted Atari happily from upstairs. "It's a broken computer!" Io rolled her eyes. A zombie apocalypse , and the first thing he finds useful is a computer.