"So, do you enjoy walking with me..." Saxa asks with a smile.
"Uh yeah, sure..."
"Ugh, you're so disingenuine..."
"Sorry I guess..."
"No-... It's fine, my mistake..."
"Thor?"
"Yes Saxa?"
"What is your favorite color?"
"Red."
"Why?"
"Symbolises war,bravery and love."
"Hmm, interesting, now you ask me a question."
"Okay sure, why are we asking each other questions?"
"Is that seriously your question?"
"Yes."
"To get to know each other better."
"Oh okay..."
"What is your favorite memory or memories?"
"Spending time with my father."
"What was your father like by the way?"
"Honourable, respectful, iron-hearted and intelligent."
"Wow, your father sounds like a great guy..."
"Yeah, he was..."
"Well my condolences..."
"Thank you, anyways, why do you let me sleep next to you every night?"
Saxa started blushing.
"Well, um... Because I don't want you to sleep with those barbarians in the barracks of course..." Saxa says with an awkward giggle.
"But I've been a barbarian my whole life?"
"Well, you are respectful, you're not like the others..."
"What are the others like then?" Thorvald asks.
"They're pervets and they rape English women..."
"Hmm, how do you know this?"
"My father did it..."
Thorvald stopped and his eyes grew extremely large.
"What?!"
"What isn't that like a thing you guys do?"
"No, or not at least where I am from..."
Thorvald then started walking again and his eyes went back into his neutral state.
"Have you had sex Thor?"
"Nope..."
"Really!?"
"Yeah, why have you?"
"Yeah once..."
"Mmm, that's nice..."
"No not really, the guy broke up with me right after the sex..."
"Why?"
"Apparently I'm not fertile..."
"What does that mean..."
"You seriously don't know anything about sex do you?"
"Why should I? I only care about my sword and morals..."
"Fair enough, anyway, I basically can't have babies..."
"Oh..."
"Oh? Is that all you have to say?"
"I mean, there's not much more I can add to it..."
"I guess..."
Thorvald and Saxa then found a little town by the name of Dawnberg.
"Welcome to Dawnberg." That's what the sign says.
"I'm surprised at the fact that you can speak and read English..."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it blows my mind..."
"I mean, it's pretty easy to learn, it only took me like two weeks..."
"Two weeks!?"
"Yeah..."
"Wow..." Thorvald says surprised.
Thorvald and Saxa then approached a knight guarding the entrance.
"Hello, is there a food shop nearby?"
"Just around the corner, miss."
"Thank you."
Saxa and Thorvald then entered the food shop...
"Welcome-welcome, how may I help you kids today?" The lady behind the counter asked.
"Hi, yes, we are looking for onions, eggs and celery..."
"Oh, right this way ma'am..."
Thorvald and Saxa then followed the lady to the back of the shop.
"Here you go, choose some that you like and come back to me at the counter, understood?"
"Mhm, thank you."
Saxa then got a straw bag right next to the eggs, Saxa started placing some eggs, celery and onion in the bag, she and Thorvald then walked back to the lady at the counter and gave it to her to work out the price of said items.
"That will be 20 silver please."
Saxa reached into her pouch and placed twenty silver coins on the counter.
The lady then took the silver in her hand and gave Saxa the items with the straw bag.
"Thank you, come again!" The lady shouted as Saxa and Thorvald exited the shoppe.
"So where to now?" Thorvald asks.
"Home."
"Oh okay..."
Saxa and Thorvald then started walking back home, all the way through the woods.
"Why didn't they stop us or kill us?" Thorvald asks.
"Why would they?"
"Because we are Icelandic?"
"True, but I spoke fluent English so they didn't pick it up."
"Must be nice being able to speak English..."
"I can teach you if you want to, you know?"
"Really?"
"Yeah sure."
2 weeks later...
"Hi, my name is Thorfinn and I was born in the year 840."
"Good job! You just structured your very own sentence."
"Thanks, I feel pretty good that I learned it..."
"That's good to hear..."
"So, what now?" Thorfinn asks.
"Now I want to make a deal with you..."
"Alright, lay me this deal..."
"From now on, we are only allowed to speak to each other in English."
"Alright deal."
Thorfinn said and shook hands with Saxa.
"Can I ask you a question Thor."
"Yeah, sure..."
"How have you been?"
"Do you want the genuine answer or do you want the cover-up answer?"
"I want a genuine answer..." Saxa says.
"Well, when I first landed here in Mercia I thought it's a land filled with rich soil and great weather conditions for farming, after I made that mark-up, I disrespectfully left the Queen, whom is also my sister as you may know, after I left her in such disrespecting manner, a few days later my town in Iceland was attacked, homes were burnt down, a girl I loved got killed and I was dragged back to Mercia and placed into a holding cell, I managed to escape, fast forward a bit and I found Olaf, he led me to you people and now I've been with you guys ever since, so I guess I have one goal in life, kill my sister and find out who poisoned my parents on that very night, but that goal has currently been placed on a waiting list because I haven't fought with my sword in a very long time, so if I ever do wish to pursue this goal again, I'll need months of training again to get back to my original skill..."
"Yeah, it's been a bumpy road for the last few months..."
"Yeah, the English keep trying to attack the camp and I always feel bad for not participating in the battles but it's for the better..."
"I guess, but I should have you know, as soon as you're healthy and rehabilitated you should pick up your sword again and start fighting..."
"What do you mean by rehabilitated?"
"You know, when you stop seeing those visions you get..."
"Fair point..."