“If groups of new people begin arriving again, we will need more.” Randvi wishes the surviving Forest Talkers would take them as well, but understands why they wouldn't.

“I'm Norse.” Her people seem well known even in the future, so he should understand a bit about her background. “I grew up in Graenafylke, and then lived in Rygjafylke for several years. It is a bit like it is here, with the long winters, though the growing season is milder. Recently, my clan has set out to settle in England, and we have formed a small colony on the banks of the Nene, inhabited by my own people, as well as Saxons and others from farther afield.”

She looks into the fire as well. “You said that you lived in a world such as this one, is that so?”