Once they're seated, Beth puts down her guitar case and then goes back into her bag, putting the water bottle and the granola bar on the bench between them. She doesn't know who Marlowe is or what she would be using Nathan's friend for or why she would kill him at the end of it all, but she trusts what he's saying. There's no reason not to. He's not trying to hurt her or steal from her, not that she'd let him if he did, but he seems like a nice guy, genuinely worried about his friend. She wishes she could give him something more, tell him how to get back or at least be able to give him some way to know for sure his friend is safe.

But she can't. He'll have to learn to live with it the same way she lives with never knowing of her family is safe. With never knowing if Maggie and Glenn are both still alive, if Carol and Tyreese have made it. They all have to learn to live with this, but she still wishes she could give him something more.

"Your friend, is he smart?" she asks. "Strong?" He's talking about having been in the desert, trying to rescue someone, she's got a feeling his life isn't quite normal by most standards. That probably means his friend is like that, too, the sort to rescue someone when they need it, and people like that are usually a lot better at rescuing themselves than others realize.