That's a hell of a right cross there Rick Aaron tells him

Sit him up Rick tells Maggie then

I think it's better if...

It's okay he said groaned

He's fine sit him up Rick told her again then michonne does sit him up

You're being cautious I completely understand Aaron tells them

How many of your people are out there? Rick asked

I mean you have a flash gun you have it to signal your people how many of them are there? I asked him

Does it matter Aaron sighs

Yes yes it does Rick agree with me

I mean of course it matters how many people are actually out there but does it matter how many people I tell you are out people because I'm pretty sure no matter what number I say...eight, 32, 444, zero, no matter what I say you're not going to trust me he tells us

Well it's hard to trust anyone who smiles after getting punched in the face Cameron tells him

How about a guy who leaves bottles of water for you in the road? He spoke back we all looked back at the bottles of water then we looked back at him

How long you people been following us daryl asked

Long enough to see that practically ignore a pack of roamers on your trail long enough to see that despite a lack of food and water you never turned on each other you're survivors and you're people like I said, and I hope you won't punch me for saying it again that is the most important resource in the world he tells us we all stayed quiet as rick walks up to him Ellie holds my hand I looked at her

You okay I whispered

I don't know maybe he's right she tells me

We're see if he's right or not okay I said she nods her head then she wraps her arms around me

How many others are out there? Rick asked again

One Aaron tells Rick

I knew you wouldn't believe me. If it's not words if it's now pictures what would it take to convince you that this is for real? He asked Maggie gets up

What if I drove you to the community? All of you we leave now we'll get there by lunch he tells Rick

I'm not sure how the 17 of us are going to fit in the car you and your one friend dove here in. I told him

We drove separately if we a found a group we wanted to be able to bring them all home. There's enough room for all of us he tells us

And you're parked just a couple miles away right? Carol asked

East on ridge road just after you hit round 16. We wanted to get them closer but then the storm came blocked the road we couldn't clean it Aaron tells us

Yeah, you're really thought this through rick said

Rick if I want to ambush you I'd do it here. You know light the barn on the fire while you slept pick you off as you ran out the only exit you can trust me Aaron tells him we all stayed quiet not saying anything

I'll check out the cars michonne tells him

There aren't any cars Rick tells her

There's only one way to find out

We don't need to find out Rick tells her

We do you know what you know and you're sure of it but I'm not she said

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