"I'm not going home," she answers, her voice a rushed little mumble. Tempting though it is to stay there, curled up against somebody's shoulder, unable to bring herself to cry over a fate she can dodge easily, she straightens up. Rani's being kind, but it's not a kindness she wants to take advantage of. "That's how it's sorted out. Even if they find a way to send the rest of you back..."

I'm staying here. To do anything else is to break Daryl's heart. Beth's seen a lot of people die--some she killed, many she didn't. Even if they did some good by dying, their deaths were still ragged holes in the world. As long as she doesn't let herself think about the logistical questions that lack answers (will someone still kill Dawn? what will Maggie think happened?), the choice seems obvious. Simple.