He considered this, contemplating how quickly he had tried to force the Watch to accept the Freefolk. "If you push them to put aside old grudges too much, it will turn them against us. We need to be trusted by both sides." And not be killed in the process.

"You find your true friends on the battlefield." But she was right. Common enemies tended to bring others together...as much as possible. There was always resistance. He only needed to think back to Royce's objections to the Freefolk being south of the Wall. They needed to see what the large threat was. "The men in the Vale and the men in the North don't have thousands of years of fighting between them."