Iiiit's kind of a long story. [Hiccup offers her a sheepish smile, knowing he's going to have a lot to explain as soon as they get out of this mess, but that will be for later. They'll do their jobs, like they always do, and then he can take her somewhere warm and dry and they can catch up. Sit and talk together, the way he's missed in the time he's been in Riverview. He can't resist leaning over to peck her on the cheek, his lips wet with river spray. The fact that he can do that makes his heart soar.] I promise, I will. As soon as we're done here.
[He turns his full attention back to the fight at hand, the approaching insect creatures.] Alright, bud, you heard the lady! [Toothless takes the signal and lets out another burst of purple light, the concussive force of it knocking an insect out of the sky, another blast fries one scuttling across the marshy ground.]
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[He turns his full attention back to the fight at hand, the approaching insect creatures.] Alright, bud, you heard the lady! [Toothless takes the signal and lets out another burst of purple light, the concussive force of it knocking an insect out of the sky, another blast fries one scuttling across the marshy ground.]