"My accent is spot on-- ow," he argues, wincing dramatically when she kicks him under the table. "You sound exactly like that. You're basically Scarlett," he tells her, pointing his finger. Nate has never seen Gone with the Wind but he knows the voice, and more than that he knows it will rile Beth to hear him say it.

The distraction technique seems to be working, in any case. Her problems are that of a young girl and it's not like Nate is discounting the seriousness of them, but he does think she deserves to loosen up a little. Daryl will survive, Beth will survive, Curtis will probably be very happy and they'll all move on once the initial drama is done with. They've all seen and done harder things than this. He knows it's worrying her but he also thinks it doesn't need to, so the more he can make her laugh and forget about it, the better.

"This city actually has goddamn county fairs, so you and Curtis can be the perfect little Southern pair."