Among the Troop members, only the Gatekeeper had observed through the Interpreter, how the “walls” had been worn away just enough for Miss Wonderful and Mean Joe to break through to each other in the car that day. Mean Joe had been born of a single-minded purpose, to protect the most vulnerable Troop members. Miss Wonderful’s innocence put her at the top of his list, so their instant recognition of each other once their barriers had come down was only natural.
