"Yeah, I've seen them before. I mean, not for real, just in movies, but the whole rotting flesh thing seems to be pretty consistent and they've got that to spare." As if to make her point, Bella wiped at her jeans which, yuck, still had something nasty stuck to the denim.

"I think determined is more the word for it. They have to eat brains to keep...well, not keep alive, but keep going. That's pretty standard, too. And if they smell someone human and living? It's like a dinner bell being rung."