Jon goes off to visit the wildlings liviing in Moletown. They don't have much food. Jon recruits a bunch of them by promising them food, even though the Watch are going to run out too, sooner or later.
The days are getting shorter. Just how do these decade long winters work anyway? I'd assumed some sort of climatic oscillation, but now it seems astronomical. Is something tilting the planet on its axis? Or is it just magic?
Also, this wall. How long is it? I'm having a hard time seeing how 63 extra people can help Jon keep watch over it in any significant way. And he wants to open extra forts. The map says there are 18 forts. I think about 5 are open now (Castle Black, Shadow Tower, Eastwatch by the Sea, and two others that Jon opened a few chapters ago). There must still be many miles of unwatched wall. I'm really worried.
