"Don't worry if you aren't getting it all right now. I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around all this." Which was a testament to just how confusing a mess this whole thing was.

"I can probably explain better once we get back to base. Which reminds me, we should start heading that way now. If we stick around here much longer, more things like that squid are going to show up looking for us. And while I know you would love to stick around and fight them, we've caused enough chaos around here tonight."

While Hiccup had given the Riders orders before, there was a certain element of command in his voice that Ruffnut had probably only heard coming from Stoick.