Beth doesn't expect that reaction. For a moment, she doesn't say anything, just stares wide-eyed back at Rani, trying to decide if she minds the way she's holding her chin in place. And then that moment of surprise passes, and she shakes her head.

"No--no, it's okay." The soldiers here haven't done anything unkind to her since she arrived. "It's true, it's not..."

Her voice drops away as she realizes that Rani's not going to accept any explanation without the source in this case. Softly, she explains, "Daryl told me."

And he wouldn't lie to me. Not about this.