"Bad people, honey, but they're all dead now," Renji said to Melissa.

He nodded. "Okay. Let's get moving. Still need you to check the map and point us in the right direction Daemon, but after that I got the front. I'll break us a good trail."

And, it went without saying, he was better off being the meat shield anyway.

"Come on." He held the shelter's rather flimsy door open. "Cold as all hell, but it'll be fine so long as we keep moving."