[Hiccup felt something twinge inside of him, that familiar feeling of kinship that came from interacting with the summer spirit. It had been a comfort, having someone from close to his time, who understood too well what it meant to be a leader. Hiccup himself had fought a few Scotsmen in his time, when he'd led his people to settle down in Scotland before treaties had happened.
He watches, like he always has, studying her movements. He feels Toothless reach down to snag the back of his jacket and haul him up and Hiccup uses the motion to swing onto the space of his neck between his head and shoulders, avoiding Merida's arrow easily. A grin twists on his lips that doesn't look right there - a mockery of anything she's seen from him before - and his left hand reaches for his sword at his right hip as the nature in Angus's path begins to pop and sizzle into bubbling, black goop.]
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[Hiccup felt something twinge inside of him, that familiar feeling of kinship that came from interacting with the summer spirit. It had been a comfort, having someone from close to his time, who understood too well what it meant to be a leader. Hiccup himself had fought a few Scotsmen in his time, when he'd led his people to settle down in Scotland before treaties had happened.
He watches, like he always has, studying her movements. He feels Toothless reach down to snag the back of his jacket and haul him up and Hiccup uses the motion to swing onto the space of his neck between his head and shoulders, avoiding Merida's arrow easily. A grin twists on his lips that doesn't look right there - a mockery of anything she's seen from him before - and his left hand reaches for his sword at his right hip as the nature in Angus's path begins to pop and sizzle into bubbling, black goop.]