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The mutts had begun to fizzle out. A heap of them lay where they had first caught fire. Two or three others had run some distance off before falling over awkwardly in mid stride. Good riddance.
It was time to move along. I still had two stops to make before returning to the school. Pack on back and gun in hand I once again maneuvered myself out the front window. I kept my eyes glued to the pile of roasted beasts to my right. If one of them decided to wake up I'd have a slug in them before they made their first step. Much to my relief, they were still.
The grocery on Hennepin was roughly a mile and a half off. Despite the extra weight I was carrying, my clip was faster than it had been earlier. The exercise kept my mind off of things. I focused on my breathing, and on keeping a look out, neither of which were easy tasks in the mask. In 15 minutes I'd reached the entryway of the grocery. I slid open what used to be the automatic doors. Maybe out of habit I went to grab a shopping cart. It kind of made sense once I thought about it. Pack everything in the cart then distribute it into the bags to carry back to our hideout. For that matter, take the damn cart with me. Why not?
The market had been largely depleted. Much of what was left was rancid moldy breads and fruits. The butchers corner looked as if one gigantic buzzing fly. Still I was able to locate some canned fruits and water chestnuts. There were plenty of packets of tuna and some spam. The only other salvageable items were frostings and pie fillers, and then I smiled a huge smile at the tins of coffee. All in all I may have had my cart halfway filled. A disappointing haul. I decided to make up the difference with non food items. I hadn't considered it at first, but we were running out of tissue and such. I went down the paper goods isle and tossed in a package of napkins, a box of Kleenex, but when I bent down to grab the largest quantity of toilet paper I saw a tiny foot poking out from the bottom shelf.
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