"As I understand it, most of Odin's time and energy was spent trying to keep it all from happening for as long as he could."

He pauses for a moment, looking over at Mercer.

"It didn't work."

And no, he's been introduced to CD players, but most of the music he has is classical, stuff he'd heard of in his life. And the U2 CD that Duo had given to Svava along with the player for her birthday last year.