The door was gently pushed open, and sunlight poured into the dark room, revealing the creatures hiding inside...
It was a boy and a girl.
They looked to be in their early teens, dressed in tattered clothes but relatively clean, with their fingernails scrubbed spotless.
Although they were so skinny that they looked a little distorted, you could tell that if they weren't lacking food, they would be quite attractive. The two looked slightly similar, possibly siblings.
The two exchanged a glance, quietly stepping out of their shabby little room, but heading not towards Todd's small house, but in the opposite direction.
They split up, running to houses with closed doors, knocking on them, and finally converging to push out two elders in wheelchairs.
Other doors opened as well, revealing weak faces, each wearing ragged but clean clothes.
Some were sickly, some were missing an arm, some were so frail they needed crutches to walk, gathering about a dozen people.
