"Free mead for a story about a long journey," Ragnar says, "and what about the rest? Can you suggest something as well, and help me?"

Ragnar seems almost awkward in the way he wants to keep Athelstan with him. It might be about Aslaug and he way their life is coming apart, or it might be about what happened during the vigil for Gyda, or it might just be the fact that Ragnar can't read the labels on the bottles.