odin went to sleep repeating the refrain sung by the entire school in the michaelmas assembly:

When within I conquer fear and doubt / michael in heaven casts the dragon out!

he said he wasn’t afraid in the slightest bit about standing up and singing in front of the whole school and all the parents.

he said simply, “i love that song.” before falling fast asleep.

i love that he was standing next to freya when he was singing the song and came home and probably saw his magnificently metaphorical birthday box with the dragon slaying motif.

talk about myths to live by!