Daryl pulled his bottom lip in under his teeth and cocked his head to the side, looking down at her. Assessing her. When he let go of his lip, he brought a hand up so he could chew at a thumb.

"You gotta pull your own weight," he said after a long moment. "And we ain't an Us just cause you're with me. Gotta earn it." Which was totally a lie. If she was with him, she was part of his Us. But he didn't want her thinking she could just get away with doing nothing to earn that trust.