There was words in there that he would have never used to describe himself, he was far from perfect- he’d made so many mistakes. An outsider might see him as more than he was but the accomplished individual he had become was in such strong contrast to who he use to be… He sat down beside her on the cliff edge and listened to her talk. He knew that some of this already but also knew that it was difficult for her to say because the issues with her village had never truly been resolved. If he interrupted now she would probably close up to sharing so he just listened.
As she finished he reached over and gave her hand a gentle squeeze, extending a show of comfort. “Earlier you mentioned that my name was odd for a Viking. Most of my life I was the hiccup, a mistake. My father wanted a strong son and surely felt the gods had skimmed on the meat in his sandwich. You know… if I was the sandwich.” He added with a small smile before puffing up his chest and speaking in a gruffer voice “every time you step outside disaster strikes.” He quoted of Stoick before hunching forward again, arms comfortably resting against his knees.
“I wasn’t wanted, I couldn’t even kill a dragon and that meant everything to Berk. Not because I didn’t want to because at the time I really did but because I lacked all the things necessary to do so… in their eyes.” His gaze shifted towards the sky “But then I shot down Toothless. I used what I learned from him to fool everyone in dragon training but I was no ‘dragon slayer‘, I tried to tell my dad I couldn‘t kill dragons but he didn‘t listen.” He stressed “he never… listened…” What bothered him was not the memory but a death still too fresh. He averted his gaze and went on slightly more muffled. “Things were so different back then than they are now. The dragons were our enemies… They raided us almost nightly… Maybe it's not the same but I can still say I know the feeling. I just took the steps to change things and uh... lost my leg in the process.” He added with a small snort of amusement. "Fair exchange I guess since I ruined Toothless' tailfin. Don't you think?"