Hiccup sat in the stream, his knees crossed in a futile effort to maintain his dignity. Ten paces away on land stood Astrid, fully clothed but holding herself as though she too was
on display. She looked uncharacteristically timid, while he was unusually sullen.
She sighed. "Well…you've been avoiding me all day, and this is the only place I could think of where you wouldn't run away."