Nice animals are a good thing to like. It doesn't promise that you're going to be a good person, not by a long shot, but how you treat things that could be afraid of you says something about who you are. Plenty of people aren't so cautious.

"We don't have all this snow. Otherwise..." Beth shrugs. Since Daryl blew up over it, talking about just why home sucks so much has been off the table. But there's no reason she can talk about the stuff that isn't walker-related. "It's safe here. I know there's the war, but it's not breathing down your neck everyday. And there's the horses."

Alive, useful, close enough for them to reach. Things could be a lot worse.