Hey, he knows Haku, Toothless. Although he hadn't seen him in a while.
"I was on the mission. That went bad. With Kang. Annd I got hurt."
Hiccup seemed to be focusing mostly on petting Toothless as he spoke and his voice was somewhat distant and very flat, as if all the emotion was being kept out of it.
"I was in Medbay until a few days ago. I feel a lot better now."
Physically, at least.
Mentally, he was just completely avoiding confronting the full horror of what happened to him, and pretending he was perfectly fine.
"Yeeeah, I'm pretty tough," he said, knocking on his automail leg to demonstrate his survivability.
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"I was on the mission. That went bad. With Kang. Annd I got hurt."
Hiccup seemed to be focusing mostly on petting Toothless as he spoke and his voice was somewhat distant and very flat, as if all the emotion was being kept out of it.
"I was in Medbay until a few days ago. I feel a lot better now."
Physically, at least.
Mentally, he was just completely avoiding confronting the full horror of what happened to him, and pretending he was perfectly fine.
"Yeeeah, I'm pretty tough," he said, knocking on his automail leg to demonstrate his survivability.
Quick subject change.
"So, looks like a big crowd this time, huh."