"Yeah, well... for all his acting like a crochety old man with a permanent stick up his ass, I'd say what keeps him grounded's you. Family. It's gonna take some getting over what he saw, but-- I imagine you being around helps him more than you know." It's not like he's a fucking expert, but Negan doesn't think he's that bad at reading people, or knowing what you'd give coming from a goddamn apocalypse to see the people you loved again.

"He didn't get to help you or save you from what you said. That powerlessness has gotta be eating at him, same as it is everybody else."