For one brief moment, Wesley had actually known that direct connection.
But Fassel has certainly never offered that connection during the events of the past two weeks.
But he leaves to the reader the task of working out that connection and meaning.
"They seem to have lost that connection to the land."
When we find that connection, we'll be able to act.
"People just want that connection to the land, to the wild."
For some reason, he'd never made that connection as a child.
"If we desire that connection, it's reasonable to assume the children will as well."
"Some come because their mothers were members and they had that connection."