"No? What did you think it was? A polite suggestion?" Daryl asked, head cocking to the side as he made no effort to take that knife back. She didn't know it, but he'd been given another already. He was set. He could tell her that after they established the pecking order.
"Let's get some ground rules in right now, then," he said, meeting her eyes. His tone was a little condescending, but it was the same as he'd address any adult who'd done the same as her. Well, maybe not exactly the same. He was actually more patient with her than he would be with an adult.
Daryl took a few steps closer to her so he could effectively tower over her for a moment. Then he knelt down so he was at eye level and unfolded his arms to hold up three fingers, "Lesson Three. You cain't do anything without people no more. Until they know they can trust you to save their asses, you gotta work with 'em and do what's asked of you. You're the one that asked to run with me, so you gotta do the work here. I tell you to do something, you do it. As close to the letter as you can.
"I tell you to stick to a path, you stick to a path. You think you shouldn't, you come back and you tell me," he paused to make sure that she understood he wasn't actually mad she'd gone and done the smart thing. "Then we decide, together, how we're gonna proceed. Deviating from the plan like you did only happens if you don't got the option of talking out a new one. Not until I know you can protect yourself the way you're gonna need to. You got that?"
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"Let's get some ground rules in right now, then," he said, meeting her eyes. His tone was a little condescending, but it was the same as he'd address any adult who'd done the same as her. Well, maybe not exactly the same. He was actually more patient with her than he would be with an adult.
Daryl took a few steps closer to her so he could effectively tower over her for a moment. Then he knelt down so he was at eye level and unfolded his arms to hold up three fingers, "Lesson Three. You cain't do anything without people no more. Until they know they can trust you to save their asses, you gotta work with 'em and do what's asked of you. You're the one that asked to run with me, so you gotta do the work here. I tell you to do something, you do it. As close to the letter as you can.
"I tell you to stick to a path, you stick to a path. You think you shouldn't, you come back and you tell me," he paused to make sure that she understood he wasn't actually mad she'd gone and done the smart thing. "Then we decide, together, how we're gonna proceed. Deviating from the plan like you did only happens if you don't got the option of talking out a new one. Not until I know you can protect yourself the way you're gonna need to. You got that?"