Some fluff: These guys generally talking tends to make fluff.

Some tragic: maybe a cave-in/avalanche/whatever type thing? Initiate gets pinned but there's no way for Albert to reach so it's all "just go". Or we can make Albert the victim again.

Alternately, Initiate somehow survives the zomb-bite and the two talk until Initiate dies in his sleep and the wakes up to have a manwich

Someone gets frostbite???

Something else???????