I appreciated the clarification in this episode, for Carol her life is her own, until it isn’t. It’s a biological imperative.

But also… They’d give her an atom bomb.

So biologically speaking they must “infect” Carol. But logically speaking they’re ok risking not being able to “infect” Carol.

A live grenade isn’t a threat. A bazooka isn’t a threat. A tank isn’t a threat. An atom bomb isn’t a threat.

But “they” can feel threatened, because they previously accelerated their infection plan.

So I can only guess that they know Carol wouldn’t actually do anything that dangerous… But they either genuinely didn’t understand the sarcasm when she first asked (sarcastically) for a grenade or they’re toying with her in some way. But that in theory would make Carol feel bad so they wouldn’t do that.

They previously said that they couldn’t protect those outside of the hive mind from others also not in the hive mind. So if Carol directly threatened one of the non-hive mind people, would they stop it? Would they provide the tools?

I know we’re only four days in but Carol has asked far too few question.