"Well, family is important." Which is one of the reasons why the incident was so grave - weighing family against ideals and thinking patters, prejudices... and family losing. Though, to be fair, stubborn pride played a larger role in the end than any other factor, on both his father's and Hjalti's side, at least from what Thorir could tell.

"...Shou?" It's not an exactly rare nickname, not even a rare name, so he doubts that it is the person that he's thinking of. He still wonders what the arrangement is, but isn't quite going to ask just yet.