Rick let out an exasperated breath, hardly in the mood to be taking shit from anyone. “Yeah?” he snaps back. “Well, killing a bunch of innocent people might not bother you but I’m not gonna sink to our enemy’s level.” Fact of the matter was, not all the Saviors were bad. Many of them were just women and children that didn’t want a part in any of this. Many of them didn’t agree with Negan’s way but were too afraid to step out of line and risk infuriating a man who bashes heads for sport and burns people alive.
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“We’re on the same side, Daryl. I want to see him dead as much as you do. But I ain’t letting you do this, not this way.” Rick plants his feet firmly into the ground, unwilling to let the archer retrieve the explosives. “It ain’t who we are.”
“Innocent people?” Daryl snaps. “Those innocent people are complicate in a hell of a lot of torture an’ abuse. You ain’ seen them like I’ve seen them.” He’s not ready to let Rick’s ‘holier then thou’ attitude prevent them from taking out their target. So a few other people go with him, the end result is the same, it’s over, they’re safe.
“I know we’re on the same side which is why you’d agree with me we gotta get this done as fast as we can.” He snarls, pacing agitatedly across the grass. “The hell with who we are. These people - these people are worse then the governor. An almos’ as bad as those assholes at Terminus. What’s the difference between what we did with them and what I’m tryin’ t’ do now!