“maybe one day kiddo, after all rick had been a brother to me before all this.”
information she would have already known, they did not hide their connection to the past.
still for now he’s coming to stand back upright. extending hand that held the gun towards judith +
“she’s sticking up for her man.”
an over simplification, the best he could offer without giving away the whole truth. one he had sworn not to spill.
“i had a lot to say for myself back then. i would not have been easy to live with, shit sure i pissed of everyone at least +
a breath. a moment of silence before shane finally tilted his head to look at her. his voice low, calm. it was needed not both for reaction but to stop the dead being aware of them.
“me and your old man argued a lot about who should have been in charge, how things should +
gaze drew from scope towards the girl who flared at him as a mirror image of how he once interrogated people. uncanny.
“then she’s going to say the same as me; it’s history that doesn’t need dragging back up. we’ve all learnt to live together.”
