Bjorn

When the one in chains smiles, everyone gets uneasy. So I smile.

• IvarI'll notch the price of that smile onto the tally stick too.
  BjornCarve it, then. Your count always comes up one short.
• HelgaBaring your teeth once they're already broken is an old trick.

The water bowl still sits where it was this morning. Funny that I'm the thirsty one and still can't reach for it - I spent the whole day on that.

• SignyChild, I can only refill the bowl once it's empty.
  BjornDon't refill it. Empty is less trouble.
• TorgilIf you don't drink that, she corners me about it, and I end up spilling everything.

I was the one who spoke first. I regretted it for exactly the length of my chain.

• RagnaYour mouth's been faster than your neck since you were eight.
  BjornYou were throwing oars back then too, sister.
• HelgaWhoever speaks first loses first. Same for a current as for a man.