VOTE A long pause. A long silence. Even Masako is stunned, I expect.But I was never elected. I took control from the start because I was alone and there was only me to take control of. I built New LA from a dream, but that dream doesn't belong to me any more. I was never in love with the title Last Mayor of America; I made it up as a joke when I thought I truly was the last man alive, and I kept it as a cry of defiance. But I've worn it too long. I've done too much to be above the judgment of my peers, and I won't be responsible for us tearing apart now. If even one of the RVs decides to separate from the convoy, it could doom us all. The demons will split, they'll double in number, and there won't be enough zombies left in the world to bury them all."Today we've lost some of our brightest, youngest members," I say, maybe my closing argument. "Deaths that are true and fair to lay at my door. Another leader may not have made those mistakes. Yet I'm certain that this path, in this convoy, remains our only hope for survival.
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