“That they do. It’ll be Idun that’ll meet us at the gate.”

He pats him on the back as he finishes his third. Thankfully, the castle was finally coming properly into view by now, too. It had loomed on the horizon for a while, but now it was near enough to make out some detail, illuminated as it was by the crackling lightning.

“Yes indeed. I should stop limping by the time we get in, too.” And he was indeed slowly healing up as they went.