Ragnar shook off Peregrine's apology for his subordinate, having not been offended by the woman's behavior, and feeling that even if he had Peregrine should not have taken the fall for it, though if the situations were reversed Ragnar probably would have shouldered the blame himself, then again he was not often in the habit of apologizing for his subordinates for he barely apologized for himself. “It might give one of the ones aiming for the trade a chance to prove themselves at it,” Ragnar murmured to Peregrine's suggestion that Thistle and him could always send an outrider to relay their decision when they reached one. It was certainly true that they could do that. Or Ragnar could always tell Peregrine himself, considering that he was, currently, the only outrider in the pack. It was nice to know, however, that there was no time limit on Peregrine's offer of an alliance. Even thinking the word felt strange, let alone actually considering it. The Viking was used to being solitary with his pack, if for the main fact that he distrusted upon default, and at any rate, any pack relations that could have been well in Odinn's Cove was vastly ruined by the fact that the Northmen raided their neighbor packs. Granted, Ragnar hadn't raided in...nearly a year now which made him feel, by far and large too “domesticated”. He had raided Wheeling Gull Isle's stores as soon as he found out they were no longer a pack, not that it had rewarded him with much, but no one had actively been living there at the time. Ragnar would be lying if he said he did not miss the thrill of the fight and of claiming the prizes: meat, medicinal, and canine alike.
“It was ...interesting,” And while he had considered that Nerian truly would assist in giving him children, good even. Except that he was fairly certain that for quite some time Thistle had absolutely loathed him. “Thistle was so angry with me, though, despite that she agreed to it,” But that was likely because Ragnar had a way of getting what he wanted and truly did not feel like he needed to seek anyone's permission, the single exception being Odinn's. But Ragnar revered the All-Father, like a surrogate father to replace the hole that Eitri had left in his wake when Bjorn (the original) had killed him. Ragnar let out a soft, thoughtful noise when Peregrine admitted that he'd had a male lover. The idea had never really struck Ragnar as a possibility because as Peregrine said their species wasn't really built for it, but even so Ragnar didn't see an issue with it. As it was the Viking people only judged when a man cheated on his wife, and did not really judged based on one's sexuality. They were surprisingly tolerant despite the fact that they were savage, feral, and that most would easily consider them uncivilized, though that was not the case.
“Are you planning on having more children in the coming months?” Ragnar inquired to be ...personable but also because there was a genuine interest. Ragnar hardly had any “friends” these days, especially with the deaths of Julooke and Verrine, and he was starting to feel the loss greatly.
