"He is good at it?" Ragnar says.

He smiles at them both.

"I do hope you'll manage to come back regularly, Oriens."

Telling him now, before he's even told Athelstan, is not a good idea by Ragnat's book. He rarely hesitates to act on bad ideas, but this might be damaging -- and if anything, he can't afford to scare Sinric out of his crucial role for them. No Athelstan without Sinric's tales!