Ragnar reaches over to touch Athelstan's arm. "I know," he says. "Why kill people and damage things when one can work with them much better alive and unbroken? And no, I don't want you to see more people suffering, either."

Ragnar is quite glad to be in Milliways where nobody will just serve him a haunch of meat as a matter of course. After carving open Jarl Borg's back, he is currently put off the stuff a bit. He is sure he'll get over it before he goes home, though.