You can lead a horse to water, Eddie thinks. "They mean to keep watch with her," he explains, carefully. There's a stack of trays under the bar, and he plucks the top one and sets it on the wood in front of him.

"It's how they were able to help Roland, not to torture him, Jesus. They want to help her too, so they're figuring on getting her as far away from here as they can and not leaving her alone with her thoughts."