[ He doesn't answer that question because, honestly, he's humiliated by the answer. He remembers talking to Carl about his mother, too. Interesting. Because hey, look, that was a tough kid. ]

Simon's great. But you know how it is. People die. Always got to have a backup dancer waiting in the wings.

[ And if he's a little impressed with his good choice, taking out Glenn and taking away Rick's only support with Daryl, then he's not going to bring it up. It might piss Rick off, and at this point if things don't go his way then it's probably best to have him on his side. Might save him by the skin of his teeth.

Not that he's thinking so negatively as that. But, you know. Backup dancing. ]

You know he's broken, right? Underneath that brusque exterior, that there is a broken man. Still spirited, sure, still kicking, but only cause the world hasn't stopped moving around him. He doesn't have hopes for the future, doesn't exist beyond his next meal. You've felt that, right?