[He cringes a little in sympathy at that.] You win worst dad, I guess. Mine at least stuck around to raise me, even if he never really had a reason to be proud of me until I was fifteen. I usually just embarrassed him. [They still have their moments where Stoick doesn't get him and their communication breaks down, but... Hiccup does love his father. He's glad to have him.]

Yeah, I understand that. [When his food order is done, he takes the shallow cardboard box and sets it down for Toothless, who manages to perk up enough to eat his fish. Hiccup rubs behind his ear fins fondly.] You have to follow your own path. Even if it's not the conventional one.