[Hiccup seems to soften a little at those words, glancing back to Toothless, eating. He's clearly incredibly fond of his dragon, beyond as a pet or a steed. Toothless is part of his family.] He proved them wrong. He's amazing.

[A short laugh.] All you can do is out-maneuver them and prove there's something to this using your head thing, right?

It's a nice design. It might have been nice to have something like this when I was getting used to my new leg. [He had mostly had to use Toothless like a crutch.] I could make some improvements, though. Probably.