The assurance that as a group, they would find a way out of this mess and finally be safe was enough to stop any leftover tears from falling. Jesus Christ, he shouldn't have been so weak, he could have done more in the Arena then and maybe keep Nick alive somehow.

"If ya believe it so. But I ain't gonna let this get to me, an' one by one, we're gonna win an' be safe. No safe houses, no Infected, we'll finally get the break we freakin' deserve." Yes he was pumping himself up but he also wanted to get Rochelle as motivated.

If El had to make the same choices Nick had to make in his tenure, then he would gladly do them if it meant the people he cared about got ahead. Not just the people he met in the Arena, but these two.