She seems very unsure of herself, though Ivar doesn't know if that's her natural personality or just because she's around him. He's honest enough to admit he tends to have that effect on people. The Viking shrugs a little as he goes back to meticulously chipping runes out of the stone.

"Stay if you like. You won't bother me, and if you do, I'll tell you." He carves out another rune. Two more to go. He starts in on the next: ᚱ, one that looked familiar enough to the English letter to make it clear what it was.