[Gyda wondered at just what she really knew of Ivar. True, he was nice and never threatened her, but one didn't earn the name 'Boneless' and just take it like a weakling-not anyone who was viking.]

He was the first person I met too. I was stick with..what you call the flu..and he was able to take me to the clinic.

[She couldn't call him nice, not really. That would've implied he was nice all the time-and he wasn't, she could tell that much.] What is it you do back home?