Made me shed a tear, absolutely loved this, so happy they included Norn's viewpoint of all of this, it was a very important piece of the information required to understand just how difficult of a time this all was for her, and explain why she acted how she did.
Before this chapter, we could obviously deduce that she hated her brother, or at the very least didn't like him, and given his first impression on her the first time she saw him, it's obvious that someone so young as her would have that image nearly permanently ingrained in their mind, and no matter how well people speak of her brother, that image in her mind would never go away and would make it nearly impossible for her to believe a single word of what people were saying about him unless it was negative.
As readers, though, I think we often find ourselves forgetting the difficulties and complexities of being a child, and how traumatizing to children a situation can be where it might just be an every-day thing for an adult, and that can quickly make us ignorant and confused, this chapter serves as a reminder of all of that, and gives a much needed view into Norn's mind, making her personality and behavior instantly much more understandable, and I really feel for Norn, how she's obviously struggled not just with the image of her violent - one might even say 'demonic-looking' - brother causing such a strong fear of him, but also how being constantly compared to others caused her to have an inferiority complex. I really hope that this encounter of theirs will be just one among many to come that can slowly bring her out of her fear and depression, and into the light of the day, that they will manage to bond and grow closer as siblings, and she'll come to find that she feels safe enough with her brother that she can come to him whenever she needs him, no matter what she might need him for, and that she'll always have him on her side going forward.