"It's not--Zuko's fault. He was just telling me to take it easy, and he never does that. I just--I was feeling antsy after being stuck in bed for so long and I wanted to get back to practice--"

And now he was short of breath and his lips were nearly blue. Good going, Hiccup. Though all the running from Astrid hadn't helped.

"I was doing okay! You're being overprotective." A pause. "Speaking of overprotective, please don't tell dad. He kind of told me...not to do this..."