Carol is definitely a mom. Even though there's no more Sophia, no more Lizzy or Mika, that's not something she can stop being. It's not that she means to, well, mother Daryl, that's definitely not the way she sees him, it's hard not to have some of the same gestures of affection come to the surface even if it's not meant the same way.

"You wanna... hang around a while?" The playfulness is gone but her tone is light enough, this is neither a joke nor a solicitation. Just a request for company -- perhaps not just company if that's how things end up but it's hardly that sort of invitation, her primary reasoning is wanting him close and suspecting that he could use the same.

That may be a lot to convey with just tone, even as well as he knows her. So she half-smiles and adds, "I hope you know what I mean because I can't think of a better way to say it." Not without getting overly descriptive and weird, anyway. "I'd just rather not be alone."