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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
In a world with a dwindling supply of living people, I would suggest young people are very useful
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That's my thing. We keep seeing fewer and fewer women, and at some point you are going to need people to be able to re-populate society. Lizzie was at an age where there is still plenty of time to turn the world around before you start looking at that; but still old enough to be able to remember what the world was like before hand.
My solution would be to tie up Mica and let her turn. Then let Lizzie see how the turned Mica was nothing like the old Mica. Tyreese still could use some time to heal, and you could lock up Lizzie at night to keep Judith safe. When Lizzie's father died, she couldn't put him down before he turned. Somebody else had to. So she has quite likely never seen somebody she loves turn.
Hershel also thought the people were just sick- he had to have the shock of seeing his family shot up before he accepted it. Is it really so far fetched to think a 12 year old kid would also not be able to accept it either?
The main thing- there was no pressing need to leave the house. In fact it was one of the best places they found in a while; with sustainable and renewable resources.