The Walls are big enough to house and sustain about a million people.
[The "sustain" part is important - with no way to venture outside without being devoured by the lurking titans, the Walls' fields, orchards, herds and bodies of water are all the more vital to the survival of its inhabitants. If a plague were to strike the harvest or livestock, it'd be a disaster.
At what Needs says next, Frieda follows her gaze and goes wide-eyed at the sight of the changed cliffs.]
...
We aren't supposed to head back, I suppose.
[She can't suppress a shiver. Does that mean that if anyone had fallen behind and gotten lost in the darkness, they'd be doomed to forever wander the cavern?]
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[The "sustain" part is important - with no way to venture outside without being devoured by the lurking titans, the Walls' fields, orchards, herds and bodies of water are all the more vital to the survival of its inhabitants. If a plague were to strike the harvest or livestock, it'd be a disaster.
At what Needs says next, Frieda follows her gaze and goes wide-eyed at the sight of the changed cliffs.]
...
We aren't supposed to head back, I suppose.
[She can't suppress a shiver. Does that mean that if anyone had fallen behind and gotten lost in the darkness, they'd be doomed to forever wander the cavern?]