‘Jacob Berger, son of Carl Berger, car detailer of Sandwell, you have come a long way in life, and this is the furthest you’ve come. You turned your back on the heaven of heroes but have found your way to the stair to Mimir’s Well. I was meaning to tell you about it, but it seems instead we’ve taken each other there. What better place than this to tell you this story? The story I’ve kept for Shift.’ She began. ‘When Shift found his way up these stairs to Mimir’s Well, the Norn Mimir wasn’t there. But Odin was. And we were.
