Thorfinn continues to be haunted by his usual nightmares. Thorfinn, who had thought only of revenge as he lived on the battlefield, lost his reason to live when Askeladd died. Einar and Sverkel tell the troubled Thorfinn that "people can change."
We used up the soil's fertility, 
but we'll have no harvest.
،استعملنا التّربة الأكثر خصوبة هنا
.لكن لن نحصد أيّ شيء
Wir haben die fruchtbare Erde verbraucht
und werden nichts ernten können.
On a épuisé le sol,
mais on n’a rien à récolter.
अब यह मिट्टी उपजाऊ नहीं रही
और हमारी सारी मेहनत पर पानी फिर गया है।
Abbiamo sfruttato la fertilità della terra,
ma non otterremo nessun raccolto.
Nós usamos a fertilidade do solo,
mas não temos o que colher.
Мы землю под пашню расчистили,
но урожая не получим!