I do not like making them sad, but sadness is baked in.

Its kind of the cream of our Twinkie.

That Twinkie-like sadness is really going to be unwrapped in the season 7 premiere, Gimple promised.

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As we end, theres people crying.

Theres just silence in the room.

Weve been taking little baby steps and were just barely finding our feet.

And were here [at Comic-Con] and it helps.

We want to bring the audience along with us, he added.

Theyre going to go through something and its going to be hard for them.

The Walking Deads joint Hostess and Kleenex party begins on Oct. 23 at 9 p.m. on AMC.

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