[She sat next to him, playing with the fabric of her skirt. In truth, this wasn't something she liked to talk about. It already happened of course, that wasn't the issue-it was just her father's reaction she wasn't looking forward to.] Yes. Back home, you, Bjorn and the others left to Gutaland. In kattegat, one by one, people began getting sick with the plague. Mother had to turn the drinking hall into an infirmary.

[Her voice is numb. Part of her would wonder if telling him would even help, but she felt she had to tell him] I caught the fever as well, and..I don't know how long, but..I saw figures in the shadows. They pointed me towards a door, and even if I was still weak, I followed them-and I appeared here.

[That was the main thing. She may've died back home, but she was here now.]