As soon as Daryl starts talking, she knows what he's doing. The specifics aren't really important, though she listens anyway and isn't surprised. She knows how far Daryl has come since those early days which means she remembers where he started. Merle's influence wasn't a good one, not that it absolves Daryl of agreeing. And not that Daryl's sin, if one could call it such, absolves hers.

But that's not why he told her. It's his way of trying to make things right between them, or a little less wrong, in the only way he can think of. For someone admitting to a less than pure intent initially, that now he would confess it is such a contrast from who he was then that Carol can't help but smile at him. It's tense still, though less than a moment ago. Daryl became someone virtuous, and Carol became...

She cuts the thought short before she's forced to finish it.

"I'm glad you didn't." Take off, that is. The stuff she's beyond caring about. It's him that matters so much to her and everyone else, not just for what he can do with a bow but for the fact that he's the sort of person who would come here just to try and keep Carol glued together.