"Do you feel okay?" Atreus asked as he saw how pale Hilda was.

"You worry too much about me. I'm perfectly fine," she said as she started throwing up blood over the side of the boat.

"We need to take you home! Father, tell her! Atreus said as Kratos saw how weak she was.

"You are becoming a danger to yourself; you need rest," Kratos said.

"Hilda, you did enough; you look terrible," Mimir said as she whipped the blood off her face.

"So do all of you, but I didn't say anything," she said as she smiled at them.

"This isn't a joke; you are not fine!" Atreus said as she smiled.

"I'm sure you have seen the collar and the wrist things, but they are for my good. My mother died before taking them off of me. My powers were very dangerous, and she had to put them on me when I was a baby, so I wouldn't do what I just did. I pushed too far and almost killed myself, but I'm fine. Just give me a minute, alright the worst thing that can happen is me not doing any more magic for two days. I want to help you both, and I know I pushed myself too far, but I could do it. I just needed some encouragement," she sighed.

"Those voices were your memories," Atreus said as Hilda sighed.

"Actually, some of the things I thought about towards the end, like Sindri telling me to fight, weren't him. When I get into evil thoughts and feel like I am losing control, I think about what they would say or what my mother would say to me. I did try at first to do happy memories, but as I said, I don't have many happy ones," she explained.

"Maybe after this, we all can make new memories, happy ones," Atreus said as she sighed.

"The end of the world? We somehow survive; it sure is like that will happen. You guys already put things in motion. There is no avoiding it, we can try to do nothing, but Midgard will be unliveable if it continues. The night or day in some places will never come back. I'm not necessarily blaming you two for it. After all, Sindri did say you guys had a mission to do, and Odin tried to stop you guys for some unknown reason... wait, that prophecy stuff on the wall wasn't there, like a giant or something that predicted the future?" Hilda asked.

"Actually, yes, there was, and her husband was murdered. She predicted Odin's death and Ragnarok, and he wasn't too pleased about it," Mimir informed.

"I was hoping there was a way to reverse it, but once you do something, you can't undo it," she informed as she leaned back and closed her eyes.

"There could be; we just got ro find it," Mimir informed.

"My face is itchy; I think my beard is coming in," Atreus said as Hilda tried not to laugh.

"Is it now," Kratos said, making her try desperately to hold back her laughter.

"Yeah, I think so on my jawline," he said proudly.

"Is it now?" Kratos said.

"Are you sure it's not just dirt?" Mimir questioned, making her laugh.

"Let's just see about this beard," Hilda said, grabbing his face and making him look at her.

His face started turning red as he felt her warm hands touch his face and his blue eyes locked onto hers, making his face get warm, and his body was doing things; he never knew it could do. His body started to get hot, and his breath became uneven. He tried to hide it, but his whole body was screaming for something, but he couldn't figure out what precisely except to be close to her. Then the thought of her not wearing her armor came to mind, then nothing at all, which scared him. He didn't know what he was feeling or how she was doing it, but he liked it and wanted more. Finally, she got some lake water, rubbed his face hard, and smiled.

"Just some dirt, as suspected," she laughed as he pushed her away lightly.

"You were supposed to agree with me!" Atreus said as she laughed.

"Oh sure, just because we are the same age. Hate to tell you, but I'm also a woman, and I know a beard when I see one, and you, sir are not getting one yet," she said as she laid back again and he turned around to face his father.

Mimir immediately noticed how uncomfortable Atreus was sitting in his seat, and he was trying hard to hide his face. Kratos could tell something was up with him, and Mimir knew precisely what it was and was trying to hold his laughter back, seeing Atreus very uncomfortable.

"So we get to let Durlin me talk to him. Okay, technically, I am a dwarf," Hilda said.

"I thought we agreed I talk to him?" he asked as she sighed.

"Fine, fine, but telling you now, he's an ass hat," Hilda smiled as they looked at the safety office.

"This is the safety office?" Atreus asked, seeing the sign was close to falling off.

"Yeah, no one comes here besides him. Just be careful if you see Odin run," she said as they went up to the door.

Kratos opened the doors, and Hilda and Atreus fell behind him. Atreus was shocked to see how big it was inside and couldn't help but smile at the beautiful craftsman it had. Hilda was making sure Odin wasn't lurking around since she knew Odin was a tricky guy to catch but also very good at using his words to convince people to do his dirty work for him, such as kill giants but that day, she knew he killed her mother. So he made a notable exception for her, and Hilda didn't know why.

"Hello? We are looking for Durlin," Atreus said as Hilda sat down on the floor, as a wave of nausea hit her.

She started getting food out of her endless bag that Sindri gave her years ago eating on it in hopes of making it go away. Maybe she should go home; after all, she could barely stand without getting sick now, but she had to keep going. The fear of Odin convincing Atreto to go with him scared her to no end, and since he wanted answers, of course, he would give them to Atreus as long as he did something in return.

"Do you have an appointment?" He asked; Atreus didn't know how to answer that, but Kratos was letting him talk to him, so he motioned him to keep talking.

"No, but has anyone had an appointment here?" Atreus asked; he put his paper down and saw Mimir hanging off his hip, making him laugh.

"Is that head supposed to scare me?" He asked as he looked over and saw Hilda.

She waved weakly, and he looked at her and nodded.

"We are looking for a prisoner of Odin's; a friend of ours told us you could help us," Atreus said as Kratos turned his back as he saw his weapons.

"Where did you get those? Did you chop her head off with those too?" He asked.

"Faye was my wife," he said as he hit the desk.

"Why don't you ask her for help then?" He asked.

"She's dead," Kratos said, making his face drop.

"She was the best out of them all left to pay the price. Hilda's mother, I knew her too. Before she got pregnant with her and went into hiding, they were both amazing people. But, unfortunately, I'm afraid I can't help you with your little prisoner situation," he said as he called his octopus, and Hilda got up and went there side.

"Well, hello there beautiful, I missed you," she said as the octopus went over to her.

"But he could help us find a way to stop Odin even free Svartalfheim!" Atreus said as he saw how weak Hilda looked, but the color returned to her face as she started playing with the octopus.

"I'm not in the business of crossing all father anymore. Think about what happened. Death. That's all that comes from fighting him," he informed as he Atreus was about to leave when he stopped them.

"Wait before you go!" He said as he grabbed a scroll and started writing on it.

"Hilda, why the fuck do you look like shit?" He asked as she smiled.

"Well, you know that long back that was making up the island? Well, it is fine now out in the ocean, happy and free," she said as he looked at her, shocked.

"You are the stupidest person I have ever met! Why the fuck would you do that?!" He asked as he started to finish up writing.

"Because it deserved it, it took all the power I had to give it the will to fight for itself, but it was worth it," she said as he couldn't believe his ears.

"Here, take this," he said as the octopus spat out ink and stamped the page.

"What is this?" Atreus asked.

"A fine," he informed.

"For what?!" Atreus asked.

"For speaking ill of all father, for the carrying of a decomposing skull and putting her in danger and messing up my desk!" He yelled as he sat down, and Dinna returned to her tank.

"Oh, hello," Atreus said to the octopus.

"What the hell of getting out of my office to do you not understand?!" He asked as Atreus seemed very interested in what the octopus had to say.

"You did say her name was Dinna, right?" He asked as the octopus threw a stone at him.

"Um, thanks, I guess," he said, making her smile.

"Wow, I guess every girl except me likes your boyish charm," Hilda said as he looked at her, a little heartbroken, "Thanks, Durlin, see you later."

They walked out of the office, and Atreus couldn't believe that guy gave them a fine! Also that the octopus talked to him a bit. She didn't say much other than Hilda was very kind to her, made delicious snacks for her, and gave him a gift for bringing her by.

"Well, that was a bloody waste of time; now what?" Mimir asked, annoyed, as Hilda smiled.

"You guys think he gave you a fine? Of course, he did, but he gave you something else to look at and read," Hilda said as Kratos noticed enemies outside.

"He helped us?" Atreus asked.

"Who do you think hates Odin more than us? His people have suffered a lot," Hilda informed as she got out her ax, and Atreus got out his bow.

"Why do you never really use your bow? I mean, it would be safer since you can't use magic," Atreus said as she rolled her eyes.

"Stop worrying about me and worrying about yourself!" She said as she threw her axes and then took out her sword.

"Kind of hard to do that when you keep throwing up blood and make me feel weird," he muttered as he saw her cut a monster clean in half.

Blood was getting all over her and his father, but he still thought she looked beautiful somehow. Atreus shot three monsters down, and Hilda quickly went behind Kratos and covered his back while he was taking on a beast of his own. Finally, Atreus shot down a monster above them, and Hilda quickly chopped a head off another.

"Looks like some of these guys are venomous; I need to be careful. I don't heal as fast as you guys do," Hilda said as they went to a higher level to fight more monsters.

After the monsters were gone, Hilda went to Atreus and summoned her Axes back to her side. Hilda looked better, but he still knew just because she looked better didn't mean she was completely fine. So he took out the scroll and saw a map drawn out, making him look at her, shocked.

"Told you he's an ass, but you have to learn to read threw it," she smiled as Kratos went to them and looked at the map.

"Not everyone uses arrows and an axe," Mimir said happily as Hilda smiled.

"Okay, so we go up that mountain, we can take the train up there, maybe that's if it still works. A lot of this stuff looks neglected," Hilda explained as Kratos looked at the map carefully.

"We go then," Kratos said as he started to lead the way.

"You are a dwarf, so you can maybe fix some of this stuff," Atreus said as he put the scroll away in his bag.

"I'm not as good as Sindri or Brok, sorry. But I can try. Here I can get that door," she said as Kratos could quickly get the door to open, but he let Hilda help him anyway.

Hilda got out her bow and quickly shot an arrow, and so did Atreus at two different monsters. They both looked at each other and smiled before they headed off to Kratos's side. Atreus saw a flower and picked it when Hilda looked around for the pet wretch she had. It was too dangerous to call her, but it didn't hurt to look for her.

"Hilda," Atreus said as Hilda quickly went to him.

"What did you see something?" She asked as he gave her the flower.

"A poppy flower? Wow, Atreus, I knew you were aggressive, but you attacked a poor innocent flower. Must have been so vicious that you had to slay it," she said, as he sighed a bit.

"Just joking, thank you, Atreus; I can turn it into the medicine of some sort when we get home," she said as he smiled a bit.

"Atreus is trying to flirt with Hilda," Mimir informed.

"He is being kind to her; she is ill," Kratos corrected as Mimir sighed.

"It doesn't take a love God to know what Atreus is up to. But, you need to teach the boy about his body before he figures it out alone," Mimir informed.

Kratos looked over at them and noticed how oblivious Hilda was. Bringing her was a mistake; she was a distraction to Atreus, but she was very useful and skilled. He saw a flash of light and quickly took out his axe as it disappeared, making him cautious.

"Atreus, Hilda be on your guard," he informed as Hilda quickly put the flower in her bag and took out her bow.

"What did you see?" Hilda asked as they were nearing the train.

"Something was shining on that hillside," Kratos said, making her smile a little.

"That could be Lady, but why there of all places? I hope that wasn't one of Odin's spies," she said as they went on the train and noticed there were only two seats.

"I think I'll stand," Hilda said as they all got in.

"Heimdall is a name I don't miss hearing; it was burned into Durlins head. He is the one that carries gallahorn," Mimir informed as the train started moving.

"It was burned into his brain? Odin is a real pain in the ass, I wish there were a way to stop him without war, but it's not like he will change. He needs to want to change, and if he believes this fake fate stuff, it's going to happen," Hilda informed.

"Well, nothing in stone he might change; we are trying to prevent a war, not start one," Atreus informed.

"I know, but Kratos, do you believe in fate?" She asked.

"No, I don't," he answered as the train stopped.

"Hopefully, if we somehow convince him it doesn't exist, maybe we can stop this," Hilda said as they got off the train and started to head to the other one that was further up.

"Convening people's fate is not real is hard, especially if they planned on it happing their entire lives," Kratos informed.

"Why don't you believe in fate, Hilda?" Atreus asked.

"It's hard to explain, but human nature is predictable. If you find a good market to go to, or your father has been going to that same market since he was a boy, would you change that market?" Hilda asked.

"I would if there were maybe something better at that other one," Atreus informed.

"I wouldn't because I would be comfortable there," Mimir said.

"See, your father grew up around that market. You know everyone, and they know you even before you are born. Going somewhere new is hard. So they will take the same path to the same market or about the same path if they move. They will be around the same people they have known and not change. But I changed, and I still am. I'm not as angry as I used to be or want revenge as much as I did. Yes, he killed my mother, but one way or another, he will have to answer for what he has done to everyone. I promised myself I would never let anyone come near me because I believed I would get the people I cared for killed, and well, Sindri and Brok are still alive. You three are still as well, and even though trusting me is hard, it doesn't mean I don't trust you all. It's just to a certain extent I do trust you. But I trust you more than I did when we first met," she informed.

"Trust is earned, not given," Kratos said as she smiled.

"It is," she said, looking over at Atreus.

"You know if we free Týr and he becomes the God of war again, Odin won't have to worry about us, maybe then he can change his ways," Atreus said.

"That is, if that is his war to fight, then he shall have it," Kratos said.

"My gosh, really, guys?" Hilda asked, seeing an old cart lying over some rocks.

"We will find a way around this," Kratos said.

"Hope so, but there could be unused explosives around here, so we need to be careful," she said as they found another way around it, but Atreus found a Dreki that was dead by a pond making Hilda somewhat nervous.

"Use caution!" Kratos said as Atreus kicked it.

"It's dead; I wonder what killed it," Atreus said as another one quickly came out of the water.

It took longer than expected to kill it, and Hilda wasn't going to be able to keep this up much longer. Her body was starting to give out, making her angry that she was too weak to do the simplest things. There was no excuse for this; even if she used almost everything she had for that creature, she still had a ways to go.

"What if the war isn't just Tyr's to fight but ours too? We want to help people and stop ragnarok but what I'd war is the only way?" Atreus asked.

"War isn't the only way," Kratos said.

"But what if it is?" Atreus asked.

"Atreus," he said as a warning.

"Don't worry, Kratos, he is still learning. I learned the hard way, and it nearly killed me. But, at least you are teaching him," Hilda said as they saw another train leading to another mountain, making her sigh.

"You are growing tired," Kratos said.

"I am part human, and I used a lot of magic, but I should be fine," Hilda said.

"We can slow down for you," he said.

"No, if anything, leave me behind; our enemies won't slow down for me," she smiled as they finally started to follow Atreus down to where the other train was.