[Randvi blushes. Alone in the settlement, she likes to imagine herself a hardy independent woman like Soma, creating her own village and bound only to the duties she chooses for herself, but that's not the case in real life]
I command them, but they're not truly mine. My father’s, in the war with the Raven Clan, then Styrbjorn Jarl, and now my husband. We don't have these devices to speak across long distances, but we need to stay up to date on who controls the lands around our settlement, other unrest in England, and developments in Norway and Vinland.
[She smiles, trying to imagine Eivor or Sigurd doing the same work]
Most of the warriors have no patience for waiting so the work falls to me.
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I command them, but they're not truly mine. My father’s, in the war with the Raven Clan, then Styrbjorn Jarl, and now my husband. We don't have these devices to speak across long distances, but we need to stay up to date on who controls the lands around our settlement, other unrest in England, and developments in Norway and Vinland.
[She smiles, trying to imagine Eivor or Sigurd doing the same work]
Most of the warriors have no patience for waiting so the work falls to me.