The Wall the end has no end

He was glad that she didn't respond more about his leadership and the way he had gotten there. It wasn't exactly something he wanted to drudge up, even though he often did in his head. It was always harder to say aloud, and yet it was hard to push out of his mind, too. 

She said she had only been here a few months, and he figured she had come right about the same time that the famine had. You got here just in time for the famine, then, he said aloud. He still wondered how far the locusts had gone inland, but he never wasted the energy to find out. It wasn't pertinent information, and he had his pack to look after here. 

She confessed she didn't know many wolves here. Steady smiled. Well, now you know one more, he said, speaking of himself. If you like to explore, you'd make a good Scout, he commented. Just like Niita, he thought. He missed her when she was gone, but he figured it would simply make his heart grow fonder of her, if that was possible.