If there was any way to give her an absolute, he would. The problem is, there's no black or white left in the world; no easy authority. They've got their moral code but they wrestle with it. If he threw her out, then Rick believes she's too far gone; but as much as he respects the other man Daryl's aware that Rick is no more infallible than any of them. Good people fuck up. Daryl's had his share. What he and Merle had planned, that's just the one he's never spoken of. If he'd fought Rick harder about giving up Michonne, maybe Merle would still be alive. If he'd been quicker, better. The list goes on the deeper you look.

"Maybe," he says, carefully. Who gets to decide that, anyway? They don't have an easy answer, it's just something they sort out as they go along. They've got questions, they've got concerns, but there's something instinctive about it, too. The way they separate themselves from the people who can't be trusted. The way they mark family.

There's only one thing he can think of, and it's that some people-- their people-- they look back to begin with.

"No one comes back if they don't try."