[ Daryl knows broadly where he's going, he had only passed the place with the books once while making his map of the town, but he's content to walk in silence and let the kid figure out if he wants to ask any more on his own. He knows he's being stared at but he only gives Jesse a considering glance once he's formed his question. ]

You really wanna know?

[ It pains him a little, to think that Jesse might not believe him. He doesn't want to lay it out and show all his broken cards from a slow-healing world if Jesse isn't even going to understand. ]

Military. [ As far as he knows, anyway. ] They used napalm, tryin' to take out walkers, or maybe people. Tryin' to keep them from becomin' walkers. [ He shrugs. ] It didn't work. Cities were hotspots for years.