He didn't argue, he hadn't been taken advantage of - he knew the Norn, knew how tricky she was and still he'd agreed without clarifying what she was asking for.

He listened though, shaking his head slightly and placing a hand over where hers rested on his chest with a sigh. He didn't think it was worth any risk, the possibility that she might end up like him. And what if one of them disappeared like the people half the inn were mourning. How would that work?

"I..." he didn't say no. He was intrigued enough that he didn't reject the idea. "Let me think about it? Give me some time? And you can think about it too because I don't want to do it and have you regret it."