"Not exactly looking forward to running into them again," Hiccup commented. He might've come out of his coma joking, but it had been a very disturbing experience.

"But, hey, if the monsters in the book are all as terrifying as they were, it must be good."

After all, the best of Gobber's stories, as embellished as they were in general, were the ones about some sort of terrifying monster. Hiccup sat, on the ground, Toothless curling up around him, letting the man lean back against him.

"Alright, we're ready, Keep going." Hiccup gestured to Goliath, while Toothless have the other winged being an attentive look.