It's just a different perspective, I guess. Everyone has their own strengths. [Hiccup is the sort who at least makes an attempt to be diplomatic. And he loves his village and his people, he wouldn't refer to people like his father as dumb. Just... stubborn, maybe.

But then he offers an apologetic smile.] If I get a forge up and running, maybe. I haven't seen one since I got here. [That'll be one of his priorities, getting set up in his own space with his own workshop area to work on his projects. There's a lot to rebuild, stuck here without his arsenal of inventions. The question about what happened makes him flinch slightly.]

Oh, you know, just- just a little dust-up with a Red Death. Toothless couldn't save all of me. Fair enough, though, considering I was the one who injured his tail-fin. We match now!