Daryl & Michonne’s Scars on The Walking Dead Hide a “Really Dark Secret”

Norman Reedus discussed the mysterious X-shaped scars on Daryl and Michonne from the Walking Dead midseason premiere, teasing a “dark secret” behind them. Speaking on this week’s Talking Dead (via Forbes), Reedus said that the scars will be explained in backstory and are the result of something that happened between the two.

“It is a backstory actually, but you’ll find out what happened with that is something that just happened between Michonne and Daryl,” he said. “And the rest of the group don’t really know what that is yet, but something horrific happened right there and you’ll learn later, with the new people coming into the group, that there’s certain lines that you don’t cross but we crossed them.”

He added, “And just between she and I, that’s our little secret, but it’s a really dark, dark secret.”

The show’s next chance to explain the scars comes this coming Sunday during its latest episode, “Omega,” which airs at 9 PM ET/PT on AMC.