the marks of time
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Faintly, he acknowledges that the dipstick from earlier has finished speaking, but he's too busy squinting, attempting to make out the emerging figure- the one who's got them on their knees, has so cleanly captured them all, conquered them, to care.
Carl blinks, and suddenly, broad shoulders and the shadow of a face clarify. As if he'd just adjusted unfocused binoculars, the fuzz fades away.
Here, of all places. Here! He can feel his brows stretch his skin, raised high as his disbelief warps his face.
He's here.
Negan.
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- Part 1 of the marks of time
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He considered the lone bullet, mind flashing with scenarios of what would never come to be. What may have happened, a diverging branch snipped by Carl looking up, up, up, dirt on his brow, and Negan's name on his lips.
There is a certain relief to be found, even as he's cornered himself. One way forward, no way out. Carl's walked onto a tightrope, and it doesn't seem he'll get to step off any time soon.
He can worry later. Carl can reflect and agonize and search for the answers to why everything is the way it is, why his own group doesn't trust him- why even after he's saved their lives, it all might go sideways anyway- later.
Right now, he has a future to take care of.
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- Part 2 of the marks of time