One guard said, "You already cleared it."
Bai Li nodded. "That was before the rain."
"You think rain changes anything?"
"It changes smells. It changes where people move. It changes what
drains. I want to check."
The guard looked at Yan Cijin. "Does she always do this?"
Yan Cijin smiled. "Yes."
"And you let her?"
"No."
Bai Li looked at her. "She follows me."
Yan Cijin laughed. "Exactly."
They checked every floor again. There were no large groups this time,
but they found three zombies that had entered from damaged windows. One
was on the twelfth floor near a fire exit. Another was on the fifth. The
last was in a storage room on the second floor.
Bai Li dealt with all three.
She then inspected the windows.
"These need stronger locks."
Yan Cijin closed her eyes. "Here we go."
"What?"
"Nothing."
"You sound worried."
"I know you."
Bai Li smiled. "That's a compliment."
"It wasn't."
They spent most of the afternoon making the weak points stronger. Bai Li
