She really is sixteen, sometimes. Abby's got a sort of cleverness beyond her years, but a lot of it, Daryl believes, has been stomped on from too many years following orders. Or maybe he's just still bitter about what the Marines did to Merle.

"Abby, dunno what you think I was agreeing to," he says, having dropped the stuffed toy so he can hold both hands up, palms out, some kind of placating gesture. "I ain't herding teenagers 'cross the country."