[Of course someone from a thousand years ago would find this weird, it's the comment that follows that surprised Dave. He turns to Hiccup again, watching him with curiosity, wondering how his mind works with some many different types of information in it. Do you feel as stuck in the middle as I do?]
You-- you're magical, eternal, and still worry about challenging Mother Nature? What about when you invented all those things for the dragons? Were humans meant to fly on them after all?
[He's not judging, but his tone definitely has changed. Something about this sounds like a debate waiting to happen, and Dave loves to have a brain that keep up with him, especially one that knows about his other side.
Eyes go up to the ceiling this time, taking in the lights. Dear old electricity.]
Aren't our minds part of the world too? The results of natural evolution? Beavers build dams, we just take it a little beyond that... [He hides his face on a hand when he realizes he went a little too far in front of a guy that hasn't studied science for centuries.] Sorry, I didn't mean to-- I guess that even if you were a builder, your culture still held you closely.
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You-- you're magical, eternal, and still worry about challenging Mother Nature? What about when you invented all those things for the dragons? Were humans meant to fly on them after all?
[He's not judging, but his tone definitely has changed. Something about this sounds like a debate waiting to happen, and Dave loves to have a brain that keep up with him, especially one that knows about his other side.
Eyes go up to the ceiling this time, taking in the lights. Dear old electricity.]
Aren't our minds part of the world too? The results of natural evolution? Beavers build dams, we just take it a little beyond that... [He hides his face on a hand when he realizes he went a little too far in front of a guy that hasn't studied science for centuries.] Sorry, I didn't mean to-- I guess that even if you were a builder, your culture still held you closely.