[That... was a lot more to take in. And Daryl didn't answer for a long time. Had to process it. What it meant for Thomas and how he'd been acting. Kid had a lot of guilt in him. The anger, the snappishness... that made more sense now. He was protecting his friend as much out of love as he was out of personal pain. He'd caused that pain.
And he'd been subjected to it himself.]
That ain't you.
[Daryl said it softly. He'd seen the kid act stupid earlier. Heard him go off. Seen how he was with Newt, with his own. Whatever he was before, even if he was on the team, that wasn't him. The guilt he'd carry. Couldn't help that. But he didn't need to drown in it.]
Newt says he thinks you can be taught to hunt. Better if you learned to trap. Think you can handle that?
no subject
And he'd been subjected to it himself.]
That ain't you.
[Daryl said it softly. He'd seen the kid act stupid earlier. Heard him go off. Seen how he was with Newt, with his own. Whatever he was before, even if he was on the team, that wasn't him. The guilt he'd carry. Couldn't help that. But he didn't need to drown in it.]
Newt says he thinks you can be taught to hunt. Better if you learned to trap. Think you can handle that?