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Daryl Dixon, 53

It's Daryl, say what you gotta say.

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I fucking knew something wasn't right with that boy.

[ He means Danny, who he's more preoccupied about right now. Quentin's in for a rough time whatever happens and he knows he has a fan club to look after him. Daryl's never been much to have around emotionally. ]

Quentin wouldn't hear it.

[ Feels so incredibly hollow, no bulwark against Nikolai's regrets. ]

But he's not going anywhere. Even after the Moot Hall, presuming he attends.

You confronted Quentin about him?

[ Daryl had just thought he was twisted. Broken. A real slut, to be honest. He hadn't actually been expecting this. ]

There was no telling that kid anything anyway.

Not confronted. But we spoke.

It doesn't matter. It's over for him now, but I don't know whether or not it's finished for Danny.

Spoke about what?

[ He knows it doesn't matter. Somehow, despite how much Daryl isn't a gossip, he can't help asking. How had it happened to Quentin so similarly to the way it had happened to him? ]

About having care with his heart, and whose hands he put it into.
Quentin cares deeply for so many of us here. It worried me to see him give that much of himself to someone who seemed too eager to absorb it.

Yeah. Kid's got a big heart.

[ And a big mouth, but Daryl has the grace to keep that to himself. ]

Does anyone have eyes on Danny? Did he have help, you think?

I'm not certain. If he still has friends, I'd guess they're harboring him, or that they intend to do so once he surfaces.

Kovacs is standing guard outside Quentin's cabin.

He had his little show. Something tells me he'll leave him alone for a while.

[ Something tells Daryl that Danny is going to want Quentin to come to him, but he doesn't want to be cynical enough to say it. ]

Don't mean he ain't still dangerous. He got any reason to have beef with you?

Only my proximity to Quentin. Which I imagine may be enough to provoke, but not for a while.

I think you're right, he'll leave it alone for the time being. It's when things quiet down that we'll have to worry.