Guilt worked its way over his face and he ducked his head slightly as memories seeped in and out of his mind. He wished he had the ability to change the past and correct so many wrongs he caused. The situation with Carol being the top of the list but at the time he thought it had been the right call. She had gone over the edge, regardless of intentions, something he knew all too well. Banishment had been too harsh but it had been in the efforts to stop retribution by other means. If he hadn't done it, they would have had worse back then.

"I can't ever make up for that but I'm tryin'," Rick commented, looking back up and over at Daryl. "It won't happen again. We've got to stick to each other as close as we can." Something just felt uneasy and Rick couldn't shake the foreboding lingering in the air. Things were going too well at the moment and he just couldn't trust it.

"What she's doin' now won't last. We can't just pretend to be what we think they want. Eventually they'll see through it." He gave a shrug and decided to try one more time to fire off a bolt. This time he adjusted himself and tried to hit higher than his earlier attempts. If push came to shove, he wanted to be able to use the crossbow in case he needed to. They couldn't have any weaknesses.