I'm sure they both would have kept us in the dark if I hadn't pissed Dodger off enough for him to run his mouth. I'm going to deal with him later.

[Athlestan can probably guess what Ivar means by that. Dodger's going to look like a fish after it's been skinned by the time Ivar is done with him.

He takes a deep, shuddering breath, but it does nothing to stop the tears coming now.]

Why does he have to be like this? Sometimes, I feel like he doesn't care about me at all.