"If...strong...rope," R didn't sound like the most confident corpse out there, frowning behind the muzzle at Joan. "What...then?"

How would this be different with Maximus? R didn't pin Joan as some fighter willing to decapitate a few people for a zombie, so he was getting a little worried. He might have a higher chance of hurting Joan. Then again, she'd outsmarted him last time, so maybe not.