Some have spears, some carry swords, others sport bows, and together they clear out the threats.
Now that shes up, its time to meet their host.
Oh, and he has a tiger.
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Its William Shakespeare who wrote All the worlds a stage, and Ezekiel took those famous words to heart.
Morgan presents Carol to the King, sitting on his throne in the middle of a school buildings auditorium.
NEXT: Seeing is believing
Were Carol in this situation.
Ezekiel refers to his guests as friends of the realm and is pleased to see an alert Carol.
Morgan has one foot planted in this fantasy and promises to come after her should she slip away.
We then see Morgan contributing to this newly discovered society.
Ben is saved again, this time by Morgan, and Ezekiel takes notice.
Apparently, Ben will become an important member of Ezekiels court.
Ben and Morgan continue to build a rapport, with the boy asking his instructor to borrow a book.
He says hes read every book in town, including the air-conditioning manuals.
This further suggests Ezekiel may be grooming Ben to succeed him on the throne.
NEXT: Theyre baaaack!
The special task is their weekly delivery, which happens to be the now-slaughtered pigs.
Quite the opposite, in fact, Ezekiel replies.
Morgan never gives Ben answers, but questions to prompt the boy to come up with his own answers.
Morgan leaves to deliver a tray of food to Carol, but finds her hospital room empty.
Unbeknownst to her, the King is already there.
He lights a few fires and asks Jerry to give them a private moment.
She calls him a joke in return, saying, Thats what you do with jokes you laugh.
But its as he said he, too, is a bullsh-tter.
By the time he sits down next to Carol on a bench, hes dropped his kingly persona.
In the beginning of the outbreak, Shiva was one of the only animals left alive in the zoo.
He freed her and shes protected him ever since.
Carol is still cold to his story, but Ezekiel tries to break through her numb facade.
Where theres life, theres hope, heroism, grace, love, he says.
He then offers her a compromise: Go, but dont go.
The next morning, Morgan escorts her on horseback to the house.
Carol goes inside to kill the walker at the window and tidy up.
Like before but perhaps with far less cynicism all Carol does is smile.
Ezekiel is an interesting character, to be sure.
