Obviously it was a body, but Hiccup had been hoping there'd be some sort of explanation for it other than the obvious.
"Oh, oh look at this, you stole all their grave goods too?"
Hiccup looked around the room, then turned and looked at Daniel as if he was a hooligan of the highest order. This was mostly because he thought he was. Vikings did not take kindly to grave-robbing and archaeology hadn't exactly been invented yet in his time.
"Why would you--why would you do that?"
He racked his brain, trying to put the cause of his extreme disapproval into words.
"If they aren't cremated, bodies are supposed to stay in the ground, preferably with their heels nailed together so they don't come back as draugur."
He went on, "But even if that's just a touch too superstitious, that whole unholy revenant problem aside, by digging this person up and not leaving them in peace with their grave goods, you've doomed their soul to eternal wandering. I repeat: Why would you do that?"
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"Oh, oh look at this, you stole all their grave goods too?"
Hiccup looked around the room, then turned and looked at Daniel as if he was a hooligan of the highest order. This was mostly because he thought he was. Vikings did not take kindly to grave-robbing and archaeology hadn't exactly been invented yet in his time.
"Why would you--why would you do that?"
He racked his brain, trying to put the cause of his extreme disapproval into words.
"If they aren't cremated, bodies are supposed to stay in the ground, preferably with their heels nailed together so they don't come back as draugur."
He went on, "But even if that's just a touch too superstitious, that whole unholy revenant problem aside, by digging this person up and not leaving them in peace with their grave goods, you've doomed their soul to eternal wandering. I repeat: Why would you do that?"
Culture clash, Daniel. Gotta love it.