1. He put up a valiant fight
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2. against a group of English soldiers.
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3. But he was stabbed from behind with a spear,
and tragically...
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4. Please accept my sincere condolences,
Your Highness.
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5. We were eating rabbit stew,
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6. and then he left suddenly.
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7. That's weird.
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8. Just now...
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9. But...
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10. We shall leave immediately.
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11. Get ready.
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12. Thorfinn.
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13. Don't leave him alone.
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14. What? You're kidding me! I don't want to!
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15. Hey! Wait!
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16. Guarding the prince is your job!
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17. No!
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18. He's paralyzed with fear.
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19. Is that weakling of a prince going to be okay?
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20. I think your plan backfired, Askeladd.
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21. Maybe you shouldn't have killed Ragnar.
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22. Don't talk so loudly.
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23. Most of the men don't know what really happened.
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24. The English are the ones who did it.
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25. Don't let the secret out.
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26. I wonder...
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27. Everyone knows you didn't get along with Ragnar.
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28. He may be weak, but he's going to realize
what happened.
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29. As long as there's no proof, it will be fine.
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30. The reason the prince is so weak
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31. is because Ragnar spoiled him.
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32. I had to make Ragnar disappear.
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33. Otherwise, he'd cause me grief.
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34. The fact that he's weak is a good thing.
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35. It makes him easy to control.
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36. He can be used as the perfect stepping stone
to achieve greatness in the world.
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37. Bjorn.
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38. Why have you served me for all this time?
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39. Well, it's...
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40. because I wanted to.
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41. I'm the same.
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42. I choose my own lord too.
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43. My lord
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44. must be the type of man that makes me want
to serve him.
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45. Just kidding.
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46. I'm making a gamble, Bjorn.
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47. If we get lucky,
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48. that prince might completely change.
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49. What are you going to do if you don't get lucky?
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50. He might
get depressed and never recover.
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51. If that happens, I'll abandon him.
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52. He wouldn't deserve to be my lord.
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53. How's it going? Is he going to crack?
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54. He pisses me off.
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55. He won't even scream.
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56. He thinks he's a martyr.
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57. This is why I hate Christians.
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58. You didn't kick him hard enough.
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59. I'll show you how to do it.
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60. This is how you kick!
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61. Like this!
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62. Good job.
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63. You're bad at kicking too.
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64. Kick him in the jaw.
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65. Wait! It's my turn next!
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66. Stop!
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67. Come on!
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68. Don't overdo it, you guys!
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69. If you kill him, we can't get him to talk!
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70. Go ahead and kill me.
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71. The Lord sees everything.
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72. He's seen all the evil things you Danes have done.
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73. He still has some fight left in him.
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74. Do you have any shears?
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75. Go find them.
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76. What?
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77. Shears, right?
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78. Well, then.
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79. I'll say it again, English captain.
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80. There are three things I want to know.
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81. How many reinforcements do they have?
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82. And how long until they get here?
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83. Lastly, how did they find out we're here?
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84. If you tell me, I'll let you live.
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85. You beasts!
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86. You bastards.
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87. You shall be punished.
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88. A death befitting of you bastards
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89. awaits you...
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90. Hey. Will these shears work?
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91. Yeah.
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92. Captain.
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93. Your fingernails are long.
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94. Long fingernails are dirty.
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95. You should cut them.
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96. Oh, sorry!
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97. I cut too deep.
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98. Hold him down.
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99. There are three things I want to know.
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100. I'll skip the rest.
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101. Oh, I cut too deep again!
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102. I did it twice!
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103. That's so nasty.
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104. What's he holding out for?
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105. Go to hell, you Danes!
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106. You bastards!
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107. If you bastards hadn't come...
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108. You bastards burned down my village!
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109. You tortured my wife and daughter and killed them!
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110. You beasts!
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111. This is our land! Leave!
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112. I see.
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113. We're beasts?
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114. You guys are ignorant.
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115. Let me teach you some history.
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116. You should thank me for sharing this,
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117. you Saxon.
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118. Or is it the Anglos who live in this area?
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119. Well, they're the same thing.
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120. This land
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121. didn't belong to you originally.
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122. The first inhabitants were the Celts.
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123. They lived in the forests and worshiped the spirits.
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124. They were the ancestors of the people
who live in Wales now.
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125. Then one day, the Romans came.
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126. They were the rulers,
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127. but they lived on this land alongside the Celts
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128. and gave them their knowledge, technology and culture.
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129. The Romans left,
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130. and then you Anglos and Saxons arrived.
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131. It happened 500 years ago.
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132. You didn't give anything to the Celts.
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133. Instead,
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134. you drove out the Celts from these fertile plains
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135. and forced them to live in the wastelands.
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136. You're lying!
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137. I'm not lying.
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138. If the Danes are beasts,
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139. then you Anglo-Saxons are beasts too.
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140. You stole these lands using violence.
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141. We Danes are going to steal these lands
from you using even greater violence.
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142. You have no objections to that, right?
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143. Shut up!
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144. I don't believe you, you savages!
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145. Teachers hate kids that don't listen.
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146. What?
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147. Captain.
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148. Now that I've got a good look at your face...
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149. Your nose is long.
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150. Askeladd!
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151. How many are there, Ear?
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152. I'm not sure. But there's a lot.
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153. They're coming from the south!
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154. Enemy reinforcements?
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155. In the middle of the night?
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156. The English are attacking at night? Impressive.
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157. They're here!
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158. It's too late! You bastards are going to die!
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159. I can't wait to see you Danes eat each other alive!
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160. - Danes?
- I'll tell you what's happening.
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161. Thorkell's coming!
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162. Not a bad match, right?
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163. It's Thorkell!
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164. Did he say Thorkell? What are we going to do?
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165. Hey.
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166. Did he say Thorkell?
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167. Who knows? I thought that's what he said.
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168. If it's true, we're in trouble.
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169. Thorkell?
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170. Did you say Thorkell?
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171. No way!
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172. Really?
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173. Thorkell's coming!
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174. Is that the village?
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175. That's what it looks like.
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176. All right! We're going to surround them!
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177. Vali and Ingolf's units, take the left!
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178. Oddr, take the right!
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179. I'm going to take the middle.
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180. Kill anyone you see!
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181. But don't kill the prince.
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182. And there should be a kid with a knife.
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183. Don't kill him either.
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184. He's my playmate.
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185. Thorkell's coming!
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186. Let me go, you buffoon!
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187. Are you going to disobey my orders?
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188. I can't leave Ragnar behind!
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189. I'm not going without Ragnar!
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190. Forget about it, Your Highness.
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191. We only have three sleds.
We don't have room for a corpse.
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192. Then let's hold a funeral for him.
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193. Pay your respects to the death of a warrior!
This is an order!
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194. We don't have enough time for that either.
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195. You bastard!
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196. No! I'm not going!
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197. Ragnar! Ragnar—
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198. Ragnar is dead. He won't come even if you call for him.
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199. You bastard...
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200. Askeladd!
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201. They're deserters. They were planning to join Thorkell.
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202. They were hiding in the straw.
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203. Ragnar was right!
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204. Luck's not on your side right now.
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205. We're not the only ones.
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206. Everyone knows we're in trouble.
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207. We're in big trouble this time. You're...
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208. Thorkell has you by the tail.
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209. Go ahead.
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210. Listen, men. Follow whichever leader you want.
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211. If you're going to leave, then leave!
I won't blame you.
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212. If you're going to come with me,
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213. then march!
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214. We're going to march until we lose Thorkell!
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215. Walk while you eat, and walk while you sleep!
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216. Listen, men!
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217. If you can't keep up, then you're dead.
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218. Wait, Thorkell!
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219. We're not like Askeladd.
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220. We want to join you—
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221. So, your leader's name is Askeladd?
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222. Oh, what a nice sword.
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223. - It's mine now!
- Oh, nice.
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224. The fact that some of their men deserted
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225. means they must be really worried.
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226. Poor things.
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227. You should've just let them join us.
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228. It's okay. They're worthless.
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229. I don't need cowards who surrender
without putting up a fight.
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230. Men, to the east! We're going to chase down the prince!
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231. Give it everything you got!
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232. Yeah!
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233. The right! You're too far to the right!
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234. Move it back.
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235. No! I meant my right.
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236. JANUARY 1014 AD
UPPER SEVERN RIVER, EARLDOM OF MERCIA
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237. - That's right. Keep going. Go slow.
- Heave ho!
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238. Hurry up!
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239. You're holding us up back here!
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240. Torgrim. Atli. Come with me.
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241. - Okay.
- Okay.
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242. Destroy this bridge. You guys take the lead.
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243. - Hurry.
- Okay.
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244. We're going to take the bridge apart.
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245. Pitch in if you have an ax!
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246. I'm so tired.
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247. Is Thorkell nearby, Ear?
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248. They're being too loud. I'm not sure.
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249. We might have enough time to destroy the bridge.
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250. Hey! Hold on! You, there, priest!
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251. What are you doing?
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252. Do you have any booze?
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253. Even if I did, I wouldn't give you any.
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254. We don't even have enough for ourselves.
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255. I don't have any booze for you.
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256. Can't you tell we're in a tight spot right now, priest?
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257. The water's really cold.
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258. Hey! This river's pretty shallow.
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259. They'll be able to cross it on foot!
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260. What's the point of destroying the bridge?
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261. But we can't just leave it here.
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262. Maybe it'll piss them off at least.
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263. Looks like Askeladd ran out
of those bright ideas of his.
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264. Bjorn! Thorfinn!
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265. - What's wrong?
- Come over here.
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266. What's going on?
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267. Bjorn. Move the prince over to this carriage here.
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268. You be the driver.
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269. Thorfinn, you ride with the prince. Be on standby.
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270. What?
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271. Hey!
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272. Askeladd!
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273. Are you serious?
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274. It's my special talent.
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275. I can tell what a man is like
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276. just by looking at his face.
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277. Whether he's an important man, or a nobody.
Smart, or dumb.
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278. I can tell that
there are some traitors among the loyal.
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279. What?
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280. Take the prince? Are you crazy?
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281. Idiot! Don't say it so loudly!
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282. Atli.
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283. This army is done for already.
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284. Let's join Thorkell's army
and give him the prince as a gift.
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285. More than half of the other men are already on our side.
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286. We'll be able to convince the other half easily.
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287. You're going to betray him?
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288. Betray Askeladd?
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289. Don't call it a betrayal, Atli.
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290. He's a good leader. He's done a good job.
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291. That's why we're going to make him
take responsibility as the leader.
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292. We'll be fine! We'll be able to escape!
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293. We've always been able to escape, right?
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294. Well, up until now.
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295. But what about recently?
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296. He's made the wrong call, one after the other.
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297. He's run out of luck.
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298. And Thorkell found us,
even though we thought he was beat.
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299. Don't look at me like that.
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300. Well, you're right. He's a good leader.
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301. Then why did he mess with Thorkell?
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302. Brother...
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303. I'm not happy about this either.
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304. But we can't help it.
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305. Askeladd made a bet, and he lost.
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306. That's all.
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307. Good job.
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308. They're going to have a hard time getting their
sleds and cargo across.
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309. What if they abandon their cargo and keep chasing us?
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310. Then they're going to lose time finding food.
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311. They won't be able to follow us very far without eating.
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312. All right! Resume the march!
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313. They're here!
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314. Oh, I saw a flash!
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315. I...
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316. found you!
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317. - Unbelievable!
- No way...
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318. - A spear?
- Three of them? That's impossible!
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319. No! There were four of them!
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320. - This is bad.
- Damn! This is bad!
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321. - This is really bad!
- All right!
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322. Calm down, men!
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323. He's still far away.
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324. And we destroyed the bridge.
Forget about that spear just now.
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325. Bridge?
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326. What about the bridge?
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327. They'll be able to cross that river on foot!
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328. Destroying the bridge was useless!
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329. Is that what you think?
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330. If that's what you think,
then we're leaving right now.
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331. Every minute is precious.
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332. Not again!
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333. You keep saying march, march, march!
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334. Don't you know any other words?
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335. You!
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336. We can't win against Thorkell.
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337. Just bear with it for one more day.
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338. Destroying the bridge will start to pay off then.
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339. They can only march as fast as they can
carry their cargo.
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340. They're going to have trouble getting their cargo across.
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341. If they leave their cargo behind to chase us,
they won't be able to replenish supplies.
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342. They'll only be able to march for one day like that.
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343. Understand, men?
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344. If you understand, start marching!
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345. There's no guarantee we'll be able
to survive one more day!
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346. Oh, really? Then this is where we say goodbye.
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347. I'm in a hurry. Excuse me.
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