"Was it really necessary?" Nadia asked as the three of them rushed down the stairs and towards the barricaded entrance to the building. "They didn't strike me as someone who knew the value of the cores," she pointed out.
"So there was no reason to bring it up to their attention, right?" Mathew replied, perfectly aware of the point that the girl made.
He thought about it himself, all the way back in the mall. And yet, when seeing the number of zombies within the horde, Mathew still decided to go against his earlier plan.
"That's right," Nadia nodded her head right as she reached out, grabbed the railing, and jumped over the last few stairs only to land on the next flight and continue her dash downwards.
"Back there, we could play dumb," Mathew replied, opting to save his strength for the fight instead of using it for elaborate moves while simply running down the stairs. "Here, if we start gathering the cores, we are bound to attract attention," he replied.
