Her complaining gets a real laugh out of him, as close as anything comes to being good-natured. He's still got her scared, which makes sense. Princess ain't stupid, at least. If he doesn't trust her, it's only fair that she don't trust him.

"We got cars," he drawls back, unconcerned. Well, at least if he ends up having to kill her, he'll have got something out of it. Which means all in all this is a good day for Merle, no matter how it shakes out.

"You ain't never been with a group?"