[Much like Doc, Dan is always armed. There's a magnum revolver at his hip, worn more out of habit than any intention to use it, but when he arrived he was far more heavily outfitted than he is right now.

In terms of wanting to be ready for anything, they think in a similar way.]

Got somethin' like zombies back home, but we call 'em feral ghouls. Used t' be human but got turned crazy by radiation. They'll attack anythin' that comes near 'em, 'cept each other. [He has wondered if that means they have some kind of recognition, if a warped one.]

Most 'a the difference is they can't turn y' into one of 'em by bitin' y'.