I think he is a giant among us, here at the end of the world.

“The snow drifted down and down, all in ghostly silence, and lay thick and unbro…”

“No mother loves all her children the same, not even the Mother Above.”

“Did you teach him wisdom as well as valor, Ned! She wondered. Did you teach him…”

“The sea is never weary. I must be as tireless.”