you 're practically all anyone 's talked about since - `` `` i know . well camp out on this side and at first light , we will drive these wagons across that river like moses to the promised land . i 'm too pumped to sit still anyway . '' many of us wanted to , even though we knew it was hopeless . the world seems completely empty of life , beyond me and the hawk . it was all she could do to keep her voice steady . but he had nothing new to show those eyes . 