He helps her up, and they take plodding steps away from all the gore and horror they've created. They'll never come back to this place. The mall is a dead end, he'll tell Rick. What about that beaten down gym?

They can't come back here. The mall is dead, and it's worth the price of it, if Rani will stop looking out into the distance like the sun's stopped rising. He pats her shoulder, hushing her like he would a child.

"You ain't an idea," he says, moving her along. "hate to break it to you."