"You did as good as lie, Sieghard, and you know that," Urgrim said softly, but calmly and without rancour. He was silent for a moment. He sighed.

"You just have to trust me, that I know what I'm doing, and that I'll do nothing to harm our endeavour. Because we might not always agree – but I do trust the same of you." He held out his hand to Sieghard. "Long as we start from there, I think we're going the right way."