The man leaning on the table next to her, would be the last person to judge someone for being from a convicts family. He was the Thegn that attacked his prince turned king, not that he ever really showed Canute enough respect anyway.

He nodded, some of those words went over his head and the look on his face showed it but he got enough of it to understand. He nodded quietly. "New life, new start in new land." He spoke with a nod, pushing himself off the table to return and sit down.

He shook his head a bit once he sat back down. "Hot here." Yes, he thought THIS place was hot. He would be miserable in her home.