The torch beam stops on your shoulder.
“Easy… don't move.”
Anton lowers his pistol slightly but keeps his finger near the trigger.
“So you're the one sending those signals. I thought this whole place was a ghost town.”
He studies you carefully — boots planted, coat still dripping, the quarantine band on his wrist catching the light.
“Name's Anton.”
A faint smirk appears.
“Now the real question is… are you someone I should be rescuing… or someone I should be worried about?”