[ The double-take Cisco does over the whole 'slave' thing is completely obvious, as is the way his eyes widen in surprise, but he doesn't interrupt. It really shouldn't surprise him - from the sound of it Ragnar's an honest to goodness Viking, from Viking times, when that sort of thing was more common. But still... big yikes. ]

I... know about monks, yeah. They're not as common, in my time.

[ At the same time as it's all rather alarming, there's a certain unmistakable affection, in the way Ragnar speaks about Athelstan, which is odd to say the least. Cisco's going to have to do some reading, about customs of that era. It wasn't as if Christian monks in ancient times were exactly blameless, either. ]

I guess so.

[ Strange to think that that might seem like a defining trait of Christians now to Ragnar, but there's no point in lying, either. Cisco thinks about explaining why those feelings are so complicated for him, but that veers into "too personal a conversation for a random stranger" territory. So he gently redirects the conversation, away from himself, and back to Ragnar. ]

So since you arrived, are you still in the communal housing and all that? Did they assign you a job?