Could have used that at the prison.
You told me about the walks wed take when I was three.
You holding my hand around the neighborhood, all the way to Ross farm.
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I didnt know that I remembered them, but I do.
And you told me about all that stuff, but it isnt just that stuff.
Its how I felt.
Holding your hand, I felt happy and special.
I thought growing up was about getting a job and maybe a family, being an adult.
But growing up is making yourself and the people you love safe.
As safe as you might, because things happen.
You were shot before things went bad.
Kind of felt like things went bad because you were shot.
I want to make you feel safe, Dad.
I want you to feel just like I felt when you held my hand.
Just to feel that way for five minutes.
Id give anything to make you feel that way now.
I wanted to kill Negan.
I wish I did, maybe it would have been done.
I dont think its done now.
You went out there again, but I dont think they surrendered.
I dont think they will surrender.
There are workers in there, Dad.
Theyre just regular people.
Old people, young people, families.
You dont want them to die, Dad.
Were so close to starting everything over, and we have friends now.
Its that bigger world Jesus talked about.
The Kingdom, the Hilltop.
Theres got to be more places.
More people out there.
A chance for everything to change and keep changing.
Everyone giving everyone the opportunity to have a life.
So if they wont end it, you have to.
You have to give them a way out.
You have to find peace with Negan.
Find a way forward somehow.
That nobody has to live this way.
That every life is worth something.
Show everyone that they can be safe again without killing.
They can feel safe again.
That it can go back to being birthdays and school and jobs and even Friday night pizza, somehow.
And walks with a dad and a three-year-old holding hands.
Make that come back, Dad.
And go on those walks with Judith.
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