Post by shymaid on May 22, 2018 8:31:15 GMT
you are right; if it is not stated then i'd bet they were at least head first in the snow hiding from daylight, waiting for the night to continue their journey.........
Could be! I did find it odd that the only thing noted was that there was no blood there, pointing to no struggle at that place.
I believe their target was the Lord Commander's office. Remember they were with Benjen when they encountered the aliens. Benjen would have told them to get back to Castle Black and report to the LC. Not long after that they were 'wighted' but their objective remained the same so they plodded on eastward and nearly got there on their own.
Of course once they 'woke up' in the Castle, their new purpose, to infect other humans, took over, with the smell of the LC's warm blood.
That certainly is a possibility, and what happened later does point in that direction.
Just thinking about it reading these posts made me wonder if they were doing something else, as I want to think they'd get closer to the wall during the night. Or even reach the Wall. It's the night between Ghost taking the hand and the Watch finding them that makes me wonder, as it's a limit for how far Ghost could get and return to Jon at the grove in the time he had available. Whights are slow, but are they that slow?
I guess it's something I'll just continue ponder for some time!
Ah, you're Downunder, right? Is this where I wish you a good and snowy winter?