"You always believed in me," he says, not looking at Ragnar, but up at the trees, which are easier.

"When everyone was saying, 'Oh, that Floki, he is only a fool. Oh, poor Floki, he will never be as good as his father was. Oh, don't mind Floki, he always jokes around and will never amount to much in life.' You, Ragnar, you never said any of that. You were my friend when nobody gave me a second thought. And now, here we are. Still friends. That is what I thank you for."