"Leading the herd away from the quarry," he said, frowning. That time shit talk was one of the things the lady who'd done some explaining hadn't made much sense over. And here Rick was repeating it. That was probably going to take the longest for him to understand and accept. The rest of it, with Rick here and Carl and even Enid, Daryl could adjust to.

"Government gave me a house, a job," he went on to say with a questioning tone. He wasn't sure if that was normal if Rick and the family lived elsewhere and were looking for a new job. Which was not to be confused with a refusal to go 'home' with Rick. Just trying to figure out if he'd been singled out for a reason.

And then an offer: "A little spending cash."