Fungal. I don't remember the fancy science name for it, uh... cordy-something. It doesn't matter. It fucking kills people no matter what. All it takes is a bite, or inhaling one of the spores. The infected look like-- the fungus grows out of their faces. No eyes. We call 'em clickers, 'cause they use noise to see, like bats.
[That's literally not how echolocation works, but Ellie's education was a bit scattershot.]
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[It's, like, science?]
Fungal. I don't remember the fancy science name for it, uh... cordy-something. It doesn't matter. It fucking kills people no matter what. All it takes is a bite, or inhaling one of the spores. The infected look like-- the fungus grows out of their faces. No eyes. We call 'em clickers, 'cause they use noise to see, like bats.
[That's literally not how echolocation works, but Ellie's education was a bit scattershot.]