THEN terminus was actually a sanctuary that welcomed people, until a group took advantage, captured everyone and started raping the women. They eventually got free and took terminus back and became more hard-core I guess you could say turning to cannibalism. Hence the "you're either the butcher or the cattle"someone explain the before and after and the "then" shyt
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NOW we have Rick and Co in a similar situation and they went from being the cattle to the butchers. It's sets up a conflict of do Rick and the others become ruthless with a kill first mentality.