"It does not matter," Ragnar seemed to accidentally pick up on, and voice, Athelstan's thoughts, "You must have wanted to say those things, or you would not have. So why apologize now? It is just like you Christians. You do something that you know you should not and think you can just apologize for it after. You did it. And that is it.
Maybe you are actually sorry that I took it the way I did. Perhaps you thought you would make me feel guilty. About Ivar. About Dodger. But I do not. I did what I did and there is no reason and no point in apologizing for it. It changes nothing one way or the other."
Was he even talking to Athelstan anymore? Some of what he was saying was meant for him, a lot wasn't.
He glanced towards his room, almost puzzled. He was so used to 'being in the wrong' and thus the one to be kicked out and forced to sleep on the spare straw mats that he hadn't even considered sleeping in his own bed while Athelstan took the spare.
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Maybe you are actually sorry that I took it the way I did. Perhaps you thought you would make me feel guilty. About Ivar. About Dodger. But I do not. I did what I did and there is no reason and no point in apologizing for it. It changes nothing one way or the other."
Was he even talking to Athelstan anymore? Some of what he was saying was meant for him, a lot wasn't.
He glanced towards his room, almost puzzled. He was so used to 'being in the wrong' and thus the one to be kicked out and forced to sleep on the spare straw mats that he hadn't even considered sleeping in his own bed while Athelstan took the spare.