Who the hell was knocking? Lawrence stopped what he was doing, just listening a moment until the knock came again. Could be nothing. Could be the police which in itself could be good or bad. He hesitated a moment longer before pushing himself to his feet. "Coming."

Looters had been known to just break into any unoccupied house. He switched off the laptop, powered down the generator and tucked his gun into a holster beneath his arm under his jacket. At least the chaos meant it wasn't too weird to go armed right now.

There was a peephole and... That man, the one from the park. Not good then. He could just shoot through the door but that would kind of compromise everything sooner than he'd like.

He opened the door, giving a bemused smile. "Hi, sorry, didn't realise anyone else had moved back to this street. Can I help?"