[ In his mind, he does have the moral high ground, but that wasn't his point. He'd just wanted her to understand his reaction is all. That she's been training to make the dead walk again for so long is a surprise. Because... why? Why, when there's such a massive risk? He doesn't understand. And because of the horrors he's been through, he won't understand.
What he does want to make clear, is this: ] I wasn't shootin' at you. I was shootin' at it. [ It. Not him. The Walker. The dead thing that should stay dead rather than even risk the mass destruction Rick knows, and she knows, it could cause. Why even risk it? ] I thought... [ No, she's way too angry to understand what he thought.
Of course, then she starts talking to it and he's pretty sure she's a few eggs short of a dozen. It's happened before. His world has driven some people crazy - so full of the dead. Rick has had moments where he's been on the brink too, having seen so much death - his wife, for example.
He's starting to back away, nodding at her to let her know he's just going to leave it be when the new person arrives. He's all too happy to leave this guy to deal with 'pumpkin' while she continues on doing... whatever it is she's doing. Caring more about the dead rather than the living, from Rick's point of view. He really has a severe compulsion to find his son and check on him, tell him to watch out because of what he's seen here today. ]
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What he does want to make clear, is this: ] I wasn't shootin' at you. I was shootin' at it. [ It. Not him. The Walker. The dead thing that should stay dead rather than even risk the mass destruction Rick knows, and she knows, it could cause. Why even risk it? ] I thought... [ No, she's way too angry to understand what he thought.
Of course, then she starts talking to it and he's pretty sure she's a few eggs short of a dozen. It's happened before. His world has driven some people crazy - so full of the dead. Rick has had moments where he's been on the brink too, having seen so much death - his wife, for example.
He's starting to back away, nodding at her to let her know he's just going to leave it be when the new person arrives. He's all too happy to leave this guy to deal with 'pumpkin' while she continues on doing... whatever it is she's doing. Caring more about the dead rather than the living, from Rick's point of view. He really has a severe compulsion to find his son and check on him, tell him to watch out because of what he's seen here today. ]