Good point! I wonder, though, how that conversation would have gone.
Scottish Captain to local Teutonic authorities: "So, um, sorry about all of that war business. Don't know what came over us! Hehe. So, anyway .... they're not coming back for us. Ever. Hehe. I don't suppose we might stay here for a bit? We'd be happy to chop some wood with our claymores! Excuse me, Sir - Aonghus Domhnaill!! Put down the mayor's daughter!!!"
Scottish Captain to local Teutonic authorities: "So, um, sorry about all of that war business. Don't know what came over us! Hehe. So, anyway .... they're not coming back for us. Ever. Hehe. I don't suppose we might stay here for a bit? We'd be happy to chop some wood with our claymores! Excuse me, Sir - Aonghus Domhnaill!! Put down the mayor's daughter!!!"