[ It had been a foolish set of questions but they had come without much thought and out of frustration at knowing that they were trapped. Quite honestly, there were worse people to be trapped with than Ragnar who he quite enjoyed his company. Still, he didn't favor it. ]

Ragnar. [ It's his turn to sound annoyed, but only briefly. The other's gaze is one that he knows far better than he should as it is one that's impossible not to see, not to feel whether you wanted to or not. And Athelstan had long been unable to figure out whether he wanted to or not as was the case with so many things since meeting Ragnar and his family. ]

Then this is surely not magic that you have kept hidden or you would have used it already. [ He smiles. ]

An hour is not so long.