uccellodifuoco | 15th Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Voice

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[Yes, he fails at filters.]

General question for all of you. What would you-...

[No, that's not a good idea. He doesn't need that, she has told him several times, right? She likes books, which means a book is probably the best gift, he doesn't need to ask what to give her. A book will do. She also liked the plushies he gave her before so there's that, maybe he can get a teddy bear for her on top of it, since if she loves books that much she probably has read a lot of them.

Then again, maybe that only applies to the ones in her world, and there are way too many books in the world to read them all anyway. Yes, that sounds like a good question. He clears his throat a bit.]

Book recommendations. Anyone knows of interesting books to read? Novels, tales, science, any theme will do.

[She probably will enjoy it either way so... Should he ask that it won't be too complicated? No, even if she reads them to him as well he can ask if he doesn't get something. It's a gift just for her after all.]

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Who says you have to do what other vikings do when going to the continent?

I can't sail a boat there by myself. And I don't think Toothless could fly that far if I even knew how to get there.

[Simple as that.]

And the option of have your dragon pull at the boat at times and rest on it when it's tired isn't viable? Or just going with them and ditching them before they even get to the coast.

There's still that...navigation issue. I don't know how to get there by myself, and I--I could abandon my people like that.

[Accepting or not, they're still family.] Besides, I've been...reading about the mainland while I've been here. And they wouldn't take kindly to a viking scholar. I mean--there aren't exactly scholars to begin with, outside the church. If it's even the same world as mine.

Sooner or later you will have to leave them if you want to do what you want to do and can't do it with them. Being apart doesn't mean you're not family anymore or whatever. Unless you don't want to take the holds of your own life and prefer others to decide on it for you, in that case I suppose this place isn't that bad.

[But it just isn't that simple--or possible.] It's not that I can't do it with them--I can't do it there, period. The things I could learn there aren't at all like the things I can learn here. We don't even know what stars are.

[He doesn't really get it, honestly, then again there are many things he doesn't know neither cares about, so he can't relate at all with wanting to learn what isn't known yet.]

So you're fine with being a prisoner and a guinea pig if you can learn all those things you can't learn at your home. Even if it means not being with your people and even if you will just forget everything once you return? Or will you choose to not return if given the chance?

Yes. I'm okay with it, I mean. My friends make it worth it.

[As for whether he would return or not...he just isn't going to answer that.]

[He notices the lack of reply. It makes him think that Hiccup is one of the many people here who just don't have the courage to choose something, or one of the fools that actually think they can have everything they want without losing anything.]

Good for you then.

[He's not impressed at the least, that much is clear. But he's not in the mood to argue, he rarely does actually, why bother? Sooner or later this dream that Luceti is will come to an end and everyone will forget everything, all their friendships and bonds and promises and knowledge. And none of them will care because they won't remember anything of it. Or this place will remind them why it's a prison and why they shouldn't be content here, that they don't have the right for it. So why bother arguing when he knows that the one who's not fooling himself is him? Let the other enjoy his stars and friends while he can. It won't last.]

...Right. I just--don't want to choose to be unhappy here when I don't have to. A-anyway. Enjoy the books. Let me know if you need anymore.

[Or...something.]

[As if they really have a choice on it. He really doesn't get people sometimes.]

Yeah, there are many who say the same thing you just said.

[Is it supposed to be true just because many people agree on it?]

Thanks for the recommendations.

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