"Hey, you were one of the few councilors I liked. Not that I voted for you, but still." Howard will never vote another teen into anything. It's just a rule of his, one borne from watching the teens on his own council in the FAYZ, and it's unlikely to change for anything short of said teen being the only alternative to voting in Hitler.

"When you wake up at night or in the morning?" He furrows his brow and leans in close to the hands, then hands Hiccup the pen to see his dexterity while they're shaking. "Depends on how you define seriously, probably. It's not like, cerebral palsy or anything, if that's what you're thinking."