Jack laughed inside of JD's mind.
"I knew you wouldn't understand it. These soldiers gain what they have always fought for, peace. I do not want mindless slaves either, the zombies have the capability to think and that gives me hope that some semblance of humanity can be restored in time. I do not wish to rule over them either, I only wish to act as a guide and keep them from their otherwise feral nature. You did not see the zombies I have seen, they were little more than wild dogs. Besides, if you had been paying attention, I offer all of them and you the choice to not be infected under me. I keep saying that so long as you stay out of my domain you may do exactly as you wish, and the zombies I control will neither help nor harm.
You haven't seen the world the way I have, you are too young. Genocide, pandemic, and war loomed over our heads every moment of every day, and I can finally do something about it. With the world as zombies, there will be no more war, no more disease, no more death. The world will see an era of peace and prosperity it has never known. You think humanity is so grand? What has it ever done to deserve its place? If anything humanity has only found new and more dangerous ways of killing itself off. Look at the big picture for once child, humanity is dying. Their numbers dwindle with every passing day, and some of it not even from zombies. Even as humanity is endangered, there are still those that murder and steal, killing others so they might live. When humanity is gone, the zombies will need someone or something to give them a purpose or they will simply roam the lands looking for things to infect that are no longer there. Unfortunately, I am the only chance they have at structure. In time though, I can give them back everything except the memory of who they once were, and they will need not bow down to me anymore. I will fade into the background as nothing more than a gently nudging hand, keeping them from that which spelled the downfall of humanity, and guiding them to progress.
Answer me one question, if you will. What has humanity done to deserve its place? What have they done other than kill and oppress one another? What have they contributed to the world at large, and not just themselves? If you can give me one good answer to any of those questions, one that I cannot form a rebuttal of equal or greater value to, then I will happily step aside. I will stand down and hand my life over after the one who caused all of this is dead. Alan Bixler has committed crimes against human and zombie alike, and he must be punished. When this is over, if you give me that answer, I will let you decide if it is you or Christie who kills me. Though I will say this, she has the first and greater claim on my life."