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Amaya watches over Negan for a moment while Siddiq takes a break from the infirmary, Negan looks upon her as she works and manages to croak out a “Happy birthday…” She looks at him confused, asking how he knew it was her birthday. He just gives a tired smirk. ”6. 12. 1991” The D.O.B he read on the hospital wristband a year ago on the day he found his wife reanimated. Amaya stares at him, completely bewildered. Before she can question further, Siddiq returns and urges her to head back out and enjoy her day.

Back in the trailer, Negan shares some of his philosophies with Amaya. He explains that everyone has weaknesses and how, before he took over, the Sanctuary was full of weak people; their previous leader allowed people to be weak and it was Negan who made them strong. Amaya continues to ridicule his way of thinking, provoking him with how he makes others suffer to make him feel better about himself, about how he’s a heartless and evil man.

Negans last straw is when Amaya comments about how unloveable he is and how he literally had to force women to be his wives. A infuriated Negan fights back, swinging his bat Amayas way. Amaya dodges his swing and nocks him to the ground before fleeing into a nearby room, slamming the door shut and locking it behind her. negan sighs frustratedly, now angry at himself for swinging Lucille at his possible daughter. Something he had planned to never do to her. A walker suddenly punches through the trailer's wall. Negan bashes its head in with Lucille and sombrely tells Amaya it's time to go.

Negan hauls the dead walker into the trailer and urges Amaya to escape with him, saying their odds of getting to the Sanctuary are much higher if they work together. Amaya stubbornly refuses to work with him, especially after his outburst.

Negan stands by the locked door and, with a shaky sigh, tells Amaya that, before the fall, he had a beautiful wife who he cheated on while she was sick. He quietly and reflectively reveals to her that, at the beginning of the apocalypse, he found out that his wife had a kid without him knowing, giving it away thanks to all of his wrongdoings towards her. He admits that he is in-fact weak, that his weakness was how he failed the two most important girls in his life and that he’d never, ever live that down. Amaya Cautiously but sympathetically opens the door. The story of his long lost daughter melting her anger and spite towards him.

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Negan takes Amaya to his apartment where he orders her to sit across from him. “ I want to get to know you a little better, Amaya.”. He goes on to say how when he first saw her out in that line up, he thought she was just some scared, weak, “Damsel-in-distress-shit” little girl but now she seemed Fearless, resilient, almost heroic. “It suits you!” He smirks, leaning forward. “I’ll tell you something, out of everyone I had kneeling that night, I did not expect you, to be the one to seek revenge first, but I am not disappointed!”

Fat Joseph stops by Negan's apartment to give him Lucille, which Negan left by the cargo truck. “Seriously? I never do that.“ After laughing along with Negan's jokes on how he treated Lucille, he dismisses Joey harshly. Negan goes on to ask Amaya questions about herself, wanting to know more about her, who she was before the end of the world, who she was now. She deadpans most of her answers. He then goes on to ask her “What do you like to do for fun? You like music?” Pacing back and forth while swinging Lucille too and throw, he commands her to sing to him. “You mowed down four of my men with a machine gun. I want something in return for that. So start singing!” She reluctantly does as commanded

“ Did you write that or something?” He asks, stunned by her angelic voice. “Use to be in a band.” Negan chuckles at her reply, perching on the armrest of his chair. “Of course you were.” She goes on to meekly explain that the song was inspired by her adoption, about her biological parents and how things clearly didn’t work out for them. That piece of information leaves a bitter lump in Negans throat. “Adopted huh? Were you very young at the time.” “Just a baby, was born on the twelfth of July, adopted about a week later.” That date had been burned in Negans mind since he read it just over a year ago. He swallows the lump in his throat and pushes himself to continue on. “Yeah well… life’s shit sometimes.” “Yep.”

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As Negan gives his speech to the kneeling group, his eyes land on Amaya, her appearance catching him off guard and paralysing him for a moment. The young woman fiercely reminds him of his late wife, Lucille but when she dares to look up at him from her position, it takes his breath away. The woman forced to kneel in front of him is the spitting image of Lucille, the only thing that’s different, is her eyes. They were his own, staring right back at him.

Negan snickers quietly at the thought, before quickly recomposing himself. "This is Lucille," he shows off the bat. "And she is awesome." He reveals that the entire set up, including the roadblocks, was simply to decide "who gets the honor" of dying. He eyes up the group and seems impressed when Abraham squares up to him. When Negan threatens Maggie, Amaya tries to shield her and Glenn screams and lunges at Negan, but is pulled back in line. After more taunting, Negan claims to have an idea of who to pick to be killed.

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Later, Daryl stands outside of Deaana’s party, he stares at the lively house as he internally fights between knowing he should make an effort, but feeling way too uncomfortable and extremely out of place around the people who had been protected within Alexandria’s walls. He is awoken from his thoughts by a gentle, sweet voice in which asks him if he’s okay. His eyes land upon an angelic and gorgeous woman, Amaya. He is stunned by how beautiful she is when not covered in the rags and remnants of the apocalyptic world. It’s in this moment he realises just how attractive she is and the way that makes him feel about her honestly frightens him.

Amaya notices him staring and gets insecure. She Babbles on about how Deanna had introduced her to these girls and that they were so kind and wanting to dress her up. That with being a nurse now and everything, she thought the party would be a good opportunity to meet her new patients and that she wanted to make a good impression… “ You look beautiful.” He cuts her off and the compliment catches her off guard. She blushes softly at his words and just simply smiles as the two stare at each other for a moment. Finally, Amaya asks if he’s going to go inside. He stares between her and the party for second before shaking his head. “Nah,” Although disappointed, Amaya continues to smile. “I’ll see you later then?” “Mhm.” He nods at her and watches as she walks up the porch and into the party.