Much like the dresses she made, the tracks she followed told her so much about the ones who left them behind. Just like how she could tell a pony's wealth or interests by the style and quality of fabric that pony wore. She couldn't deduce things like age, weight, sex, or health like Atchmon could; and still doubted his honesty about the observations he made with squirrel tracks he showed her as an example. A female, carrying two babies on her back, with a husband that was sick with the flu; they had marital troubles, because the hubby got tired of moving their 'squirrel' couch around the house. 