[ Athelstan shifted when Ragnar moved to his back. It didn't take very much encouraging for him to settle against his chest. He isn't sure he should say anything else and for the first time in a very long time he feels a little lost with Ragnar or perhaps insecure. ]

You have not lived it yet but I chose you over my own people, over a wealth of hidden knowledge that very few have had access to. I have done as I wish to some extent for a long time, Ragnar.

[ Athelstan will be content to leave it there if Ragnar does. If he did not wish to be by Ragnar's side he wouldn't have chosen to leave Wessex. Regardless of what had just happened, what he said would have been true before. ]