But then I have always been somewhat of a square peg in a round hole.

But how can we know that dragons did not exist? We have never actually BEEN to the Dark Ages.

There were dragons when I was a boy.

But then I have always been somewhat of a square peg in a round hole.

Sometimes a King has to do terrible things in order to protect those he has sworn to look after. When the stakes are so high, dreadful decisions have to be taken. It is the responsibility of a King to take on that burden, that guilt.

That is a terrible plan." "Hiccup's plans are always t-terrible." "Hey! You're still here, aren't you?

I was not a natural. . . . This is the story of becoming . . . the Hard Way.