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[ringleadering]

[ Honestly, there were so many things they knew very little about when it came to one another. In a way, Rick preferred it because he didn't need to humanize or relate to Negan in any way. The music then happened to be a very dangerous and slippery slope.

As the new music filled the car, Rick couldn't help but to smile. Damn. ]

Not too bad of a choice. You got a voice to go with that selection? [ Rick could carry a tune pretty well but few knew of his musical side. The ones who did were long gone. ]

There's a lot about me you don't know.

[upstandingguy]

[ That's what this little excursion is about, isn't it? Humanizing one another? It's hard not to bond over something familiar and now nostalgic. Nobody will ever be able to do something as simple as go to a concert or enjoy a cold brew after mowing a lawn. Their world is so far removed from any of that, so it's hard not to go back to nostalgia a bit. ]

You askin' for a show, Rick? [ He casts a sidelong glance, grinning wolfishly, then he barks out a laugh, slapping his thigh in amusement. ]

Well, if the pot ain't calling the kettle black!

[ringleadering]

[ There were moments, almost glimpses where Rick started to believe Negan could be more than what they all marked him as. A belief something more existed beneath what could only be referred to as murderous armor but the moments always passed. The glimpses tarnished to remind him what he first read happened to be true.

Some people lacked better or even decent sides. Some were the ones you needed to lock up or in their new world eliminate.

A life to preserve other lives. ]

Just sayin', you do a lot of talkin' but never back it up.