His fathers head laughs at Canute for showing mercy, especially after all of the lives hes taken.
He urges his son to keep paving a road of corpses until he reaches paradise.
He decides that theyll surrender.
He doesnt care what happens to him, as long as the killing stops.
Snake has his back, but I wonder if Thorgil will really head his coward brothers wishes.
As for Sverkel, hes proud that his grandson has become a man.
The costKetils farmwas steep to be sure, but he considers it a good deal.
Thorfinn doesnt rise to the provocations but keeps his cool, even apologizing for any offense after hes punched.
The thing is, hes not going anywhere until he gets to speak to the king.
No one man can stop a war.
But Thorfinn didnt necessarily come to Canutes camp expecting to succeed.
Considering the past hed lived, Thorfinn didnt think he deserved that kindness or the redemption it wrought.
f he cant, the men will kill him.
Drott is pissed off, but Thorfinn knows how to take a punch or two or twenty.
But ahundred?From the bear killer?
Thats a tall order for our diminutive protagonist.
