Thorfinn nodded unsure but seemingly listening to his friend, at least until the last line. His eyes widened as he shook his head violently enough to lift his braids. "I could never...would never force myself on another." The only true means outside of marriage he really knew in such a way was the horrible things the men in the band did to the women of the villages, and Ketil had done to Arneis. He looked horrified at the thought... but when bad men were his only real knowledge of life before meeting Einar he was much less educated on the nicer sides of life and pleasure.
cw; allusions to rape.