Giving the rundown about the Trades was not Ragnar’s most favorite thing to do, mostly because it constituted a lot of talking — though Ragnar had tried to keep it as simple and straight forward as he could. Ragnar had his moments where he was exceptionally verbose but they did not come often. Leadership, the Viking knew, demanded that words be spoken. It was his job to inform, to cajole and encourage; thankfully this was not his first time as being a leader and he already knew what was expected of him from his time as Jarl in Odinn’s Cove. He pulled much of his applied experience from that and from when he led the Berserkers (before he was Jarl). Still, he did not enjoy speaking of the Trades despite that he understood that not many would know what all they were. The lack of desire to speak a lot often stemmed from the hindering of his accent in the common tongue, as well, because despite that he knew it fluently, despite that he had known it for years he still struggled. It wasn’t, always, a seamless transaction.
Spontaneously, it made Ragnar miss Dagrun, miss being able to communicate freely in their native tongue with a longing that was reminiscent of a caged bird yearning to be able to take to the sky once more.
Thanks were given, calling Ragnar back to the present from the brief wandering of his thoughts, and Ragnar gave a stiff nod of acceptance of it.