what's going on?
well, why isn't he scared of us? erik, meanwhile approaches one of the dog-soldiers and makes silly faces at him.
what's the matter? haven't you seen anyone fight before?
kill him! erik, still thinking he's invisible, is running amongst the dog- soldiers, having fun. he runs one dog-soldier through and kicks another overboard, then he runs past a few more, right up to halfdan himself. he whisks the cloak invisible off his head for an instant.
what? back on golden dragon, the vikings' disbelief has turned to admiration.
fight, damn you! fight! cut back to golden dragon. now sven leaps across onto halfdan's ship followed by ivar, yelling. snorri looks back at keitel.
throw down your weapons - or we shoot the children first. erik hesitates.  the others look at him. what choice have they? reluctantly, erik throws his weapons into the pond. the others follow suit. halfdan watches. his men stand around him in a tight group with their backs to each other.
good.  good.  right, now we'll just shoot the children anyway.  erik is paralysed. what can they do? half halfdan's men are aiming their crossbows at erik and his comrades, and half are aiming at the women and children. they raise the crossbows to shoot. their fingers tighten on the triggers. suddenly there is a scream from above.