Ash is a person of some duality. Those who have seen him at work will tell you that he is a man driven to mathematical precision in his thought and action. He is a skillful planner and deliberate executor of said plans. Ash is disciplined, intelligent, patient, and confident.

Anyone who knows him knew him before, outside of work will tell you a different story. They would describe him as a hard drinking, laid back, casual kind of guy who knows how to slow down and enjoy the finer things in life. Or the baser things in life. Also, fire might be involved. Fire, and the occasional fistfight. His rural Virginian upbringing comes to the forefront on these occasions, as does a more pronounced accent.

Since the outbreak began, his casual side shows less and less frequently. Only those closest to him see it with any regularity, and Ash has let fewer people in. He feels varying levels of responsibility for the deaths that have hit Newnan hard over the last year (starting with his novia, Alicia Gonzalez), which has caused him to withdraw from many personal interactions. The irony of this: he needs people in his life to balance out his psyche. Without others, Ash is destined to grow truly dark. He has improved some over the past few months in this regard. Time will tell if it sticks.