The tone washed over Rick and gave him a slight pause but not for long since it never tended to. Rick always moved forward when things needed to be done, regardless of the mine fields he often landed himself in. If he didn't navigate them, who else would? Rather, who else COULD? It all rested at his feet and in a lot of ways with Daryl as well because the others lacked the stomach for it and the skill to compartmentalize things.
"We gotta watch ourselves," Rick remarked, shaking his head. "Deena and the others are goin' to be watchin', just waitin'. They don't trust us." He understood, of course, he did, because if the roles were reversed he would remain on guard for some time. IF he even allowed new people in, his mind drifting back to the prison and the pause he had with all the new inhabitants. They weren't his people but they became something more eventually. His need to protect always bubbled near the surface if given enough time to.
Tiny smile tugging at his lips, Rick climbed back to his feet. "You wanna test her?" he asked, shaking his head this time for a different reason. "What example will you give Judy? She doesn't like bath time either." At this, he gave a wink, hand falling to rest on his hip. "Glenn and Maggie are makin' somethin' to eat. Somethin' finally out of a can." They had actual food in Alexandria, which again made him question how pampered the residents had become. Did they try to believe the walkers weren't out there? That none of it existed beyond the wall? "If you don't want to sleep in the living room with everyone else, room I've got is real big." Too big now after everything but he didn't want to seem ungrateful or unduly paranoid about being so removed from the others.
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"We gotta watch ourselves," Rick remarked, shaking his head. "Deena and the others are goin' to be watchin', just waitin'. They don't trust us." He understood, of course, he did, because if the roles were reversed he would remain on guard for some time. IF he even allowed new people in, his mind drifting back to the prison and the pause he had with all the new inhabitants. They weren't his people but they became something more eventually. His need to protect always bubbled near the surface if given enough time to.
Tiny smile tugging at his lips, Rick climbed back to his feet. "You wanna test her?" he asked, shaking his head this time for a different reason. "What example will you give Judy? She doesn't like bath time either." At this, he gave a wink, hand falling to rest on his hip. "Glenn and Maggie are makin' somethin' to eat. Somethin' finally out of a can." They had actual food in Alexandria, which again made him question how pampered the residents had become. Did they try to believe the walkers weren't out there? That none of it existed beyond the wall? "If you don't want to sleep in the living room with everyone else, room I've got is real big." Too big now after everything but he didn't want to seem ungrateful or unduly paranoid about being so removed from the others.