«Crintera? Are you all followers of Bjornar?» Balder continues the smalltalk over the meal, trying to build an impression of this sodales who want to keep themselves to themselves. At some point he turns to the redcap, «tell me, how do you usually travel between Flåm and here?»
When the smalltalk dwindles, they Balder reopens the issue of book trade. He hopes to make a deal to copy one art summa each and trade like for like.