paint over it

After accidentally killing the lead scientist of the Citadel in a shootout, Rick realizes there's one more person who has access to that research—you. Kidnapping a teenager from her father's funeral is way easier than trying to cure death, so he does exactly that. He gets a scan of your brain, but then realizes he can't bring himself to kill you. What follows that seemingly effortless venture turns out to have more to do with parenting and less with gaining a databank.

Or: Rick discovers his fatherly instincts never really disappeared. And what terrifies him to his core, he finds out he cares more than he'd like to admit.