"Exercising in bed?"
"Er... because it's convenient. Besides... it's a Normandy custom. At all times, in all places, one must maintain the self-awareness of a warrior, train their body, and hone their combat skills—even in bed, even at the first light of dawn.
This usually demonstrates a warrior's unwavering will."
"Is exercising fully clothed also a Norman custom?" Matilda continued to ask.
"Er... this is a tradition from Scandinavia. Our ancestors came from the far north, a land far colder than any part of Gaul or Italy. It is a world of snow and ice, where the cold seems to freeze everything, even time itself.
Crops struggle to grow in the barren soil. People toil to farm through the seasons, yet they can never fill their bellies. Every spring, the cries of newborns are more punctual than the birds that herald the season, because even mothers have no milk to give.
