The bounce jostled Toothless out of his nap, and he glared at Honey Lemon. Huffing, he tried to relax again, occasionally casting dirty looks at the woman.

"I'm sort of already a scientist, I guess? We don't really have a word for this sort of thing back home. Just 'Guy who keeps poking his nose into dangerous situations trying to figure out why it's happening and somehow manages to not die.'"

"Which, all things considered," he said wryly, "is a pretty accurate description of my entire life. But there's so much stuff here I hadn't even started to grasp. I mean, just for starters, the world is round, and apparently not surrounded by a giant snake eating its own tail."