[New muse is not happy...]

[daryld]

Oh, hell no.

I'm guessin' you think I should be flattered in some freakin' way but that don't mean you got to throw me out into this here place or any of those other places with weirdo shit goin' on. Weirder than what's already goin' on in my life.

Gimme a break.

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[losteveryone]

[Carol's just going to keep quiet over here for a few moments, shaking her head]

They don't listen, you know. I tried to tell my mun the same thing but she just ignored me. Hopefully you won't get sent somewhere too awful though.

[daryld]

Damn. They got you too?

[losteveryone]

Yeah, she sent me to a place where you forget things...lose memories. Apparently I have a daughter that I can't remember a thing about. And that's not all she's thinking of sending me somewhere else too...

On the plus side there's no walkers.

[daryld]

... You can't remember Sophia?

No walkers is good but I know that there're plenty of other monsters out there in these so-called 'games'.

[losteveryone]

Sophia...right, that's her name. I can't remember Ed and I ever having any children. I wouldn't bring a child into that home not when he... [A pause and a shake of her head] Thankfully, Daryl...well, I guess another version of you is there.

...The other 'game' my mun wants to bring me into is being attacked by monsters right now. Thankfully I've persuaded her to wait until the attack's over. And I think Shane's there so at least that's someone I'll know.

[daryld]

Another version of me? That's... I don't think I want t' think about that.

You ain't seen my brother around, have you?

[losteveryone]

That's probably best. I've learnt not to ask too many questions around here.

No, sorry Daryl. I've been around here for a while and I haven't seen Merle..but I bet he's out there somewhere.

[daryld]

He's a tough ol'... yeah, he must be somewhere.

I hope my mun don't send me to no place with monsters. Not that I can't handle it but... well, I dunno. I don't wanna go anywhere.

[losteveryone]

[That's going to get a bit of a smile from Carol. Good to see some things never change.] He's just fine, I know it.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you...unfortunately there's very few places out there that are completely monster free.

[daryld]

That's just great.

[losteveryone]

It seems that's just the way the world works now...

But I know you can get through it and I'm sure you'll cope with it a lot better than I did.

[daryld]

Is... your Daryl taking care of you, Carol?

[losteveryone]

I'm pretty new to the place and I've only spoken to him, haven't seen him in person. But I'm sure he will...I mean, always has before right? The camp, we protected each other.

[daryld]

Yeah.

I hope your mun doesn't put you into any unnecessary danger.

[losteveryone]

Thanks, I hope she doesn't either...

And same for your mun. I wouldn't want to see anything happen to you.

[daryld]

I'll be all right. I can take whatever they throw at me.

[losteveryone]

I know you will, I just wanted to tell you.

You know I don't have much left in my life and I don't want to lose anyone else.

[daryld]

I know what you mean. Some folks got it better than others but times are hard all over.

[losteveryone]

[A small laugh but there isn't much humor to it]

I can't even remember what my life was like before all this happened, when I lived at home with Ed. All I know is that it wasn't exactly the best either.

God forgive me for saying this but at least he's not around.

[daryld]

You deserve better.

[losteveryone]

I know that now, didn't back then. Thank you, Daryl. And not just for saying that but..for everything.

I may not remember much about my daughter but from what I've heard you were out there looking for her.

[daryld]

I did try, yeah.

[Damn near got killed doing it but he's not about to guilt trip her by mentioning that now. In a way he thinks maybe it's better she doesn't remember.]

I wish I could say things will bet better, but I ain't so sure of that myself.

[losteveryone]

I appreciate that.

[It's probably best to keep that to yourself, yes. And probably the fact that she was turned into a walker and died too, she doesn't know that particular detail.]

And I wish I could say that things can't possibly be worse but that's not true either.

[daryld]

[He's not about to dredge up any of those horrors, particularly to her mother.]

I guess all we can do is survive.

[losteveryone]

[Good because she's definitely not ready to hear anything like that. At least not yet anyway.]

That's true...well we've survived this long. There's no reason why we can't survive a little bit longer.