"The virus is generally transmitted through bites-- or some other manner of fluid exchange between the infected and the non, one could assume. The infected always seek out the healthy, in some lore seeking their brain but generally speaking just seeking to infect them. I've never seen one actually eat a non-infected, because once the virus kills them they become kin, and then they travel together, bodies rotting and in shambles, seeking out the remaining healthy population." He squinted. "They seek to infect, because once infected the body rots and falls apart until movement is impossible. So they continue to infect, knowing their time is limited or more likely due to a simplistic 'survival' instinct, as a whole for the virus more than individuals. Hivemind, if you will."

...Whether or not you're listening, he's still talking, Jake. Sorry, he's on a roll.