Helga shoots Athelstan a sly smile. "We'll have to see about that some time," she says.

Teasing? Promising? Helga is bewitching like that.

But then she turns her attention to Floki, bending over him and stroking his head, and it's clear who she belongs to first and foremost.

"Are you in pain, my love?" she murmurs.

Floki doesn't want to say outright in front of everyone. "I'll live," he replies instead.

"Yes, you will. I'll give you something to sleep easier."

And she goes over to the table by the fireplace to prepare something with roots and herbs.