Paul Flida.
Why, for that you have the Trönders on your side.
King Skule.
I will have both the Trönders and the men of Viken!
Paul Flida.
Nay, my lord, that cannot be!
King Skule.
Not possible! cannot be! And wherefore—wherefore not?
Paul Flida.
Because the man of Viken is the man of Viken, the Trönder is the Trönder; because so it has always been, and no saga tells of a time when it was otherwise.