What Daryl knows of relationships, romance and its arrow-point dynamics, he's learned from observation. Much of that observation came from Merle, and one memorable occasion involved a methed-up rant about who broke up with who. Merle had protested a little too much to be entirely creditable, and Daryl was luckily sober enough to keep his mouth shut.

The memory isn't what's making him smile, an awkward curtain pull on yellowed teeth. He squints at Beth and tilts his head to the side.

"You broke up with him?" That means she won, right?