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[nockingjay]

"this is katniss."
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[flightsuit]

Us rowdy boys haven't been bothering you?

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[nockingjay]

you're not that rowdy

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[flightsuit]

I make sure to behave in your presence.

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[nockingjay]

i find it very hard to believe you find me that intimidating

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[flightsuit]

You sure? There's absolutely a motherly scolding vibe about you.

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[nockingjay]

'motherly'

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[flightsuit]

A general statement! Cause you're not quite like mine.

Unless you're also a feral woman who lived with dragons for 20 years. In which case, please correct me.

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[nockingjay]

your mom was living with dragons for twenty years?

how old are you?

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[flightsuit]

[Ah.]

Twenty?

She actually kinda showed up a few months before I got here. A bit of a big whoop surprise!

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[nockingjay]

[ holy what. ]

big surprise

so you... saw her?

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[flightsuit]

Yeah I caught up with her while she was on a mission to save dragons from enslavement in this nutcase's army.

Bit of an accidental meeting. But she recognized me somehow.

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[nockingjay]

[ katniss's mother didn't recognize her when she was staring her in the face for some time after her father's death. that sounds nice. ]

that's kind of incredible

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[flightsuit]

Yeah, Dad and I were pretty lucky to find her.

[Until Dad ...]

Actually it was this scar on my chin. Had it since I was a wee babe! My lucky mark.

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[nockingjay]

wee babe hiccup
that makes sense though

i bet that was nice for your dad

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[flightsuit]

[There's a bit of a saddened smile that comes with reading her message. It's relieving that it can't be seen.]

I don't think I'd ever seen him as happy as the day he saw her again.

[I thought I'd have to die before we had that dance again.]

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[nockingjay]

[ katniss's face holds the same expression, funnily enough, but for different reasons. ]

my parents were like that too

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[flightsuit]

[Were. He notices the word.]

What happened?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDJNv_T6u4U

[nockingjay]

my dad. [ blew up? ] there was an accident in the mines

fjsdhfjH THAT'S RUDE

[flightsuit]

[Oh.]

I lost mine too.

[And it's still so fresh in his mind. He's been here in Eudio for months, but that still feels like yesterday. He swallows hard.]

Occupational hazards, he calls it.

love yooouu

[nockingjay]

[ oh my god and she was just going on about how nice it must've been for them. good one, katniss.

for some reason it's the occupational hazards thing that gets her. ]

i'm sorry hiccup

whistles in tears

[flightsuit]

[And it had been nice. For the short while it lasted.

But then Katniss apologizes and maybe, just maybe, it makes his knees go weak because everything for what it was had all been his fault. He wanted to find Drago. He wanted to talk and try making peace. He was the one who needed saving.

IT'S A GOOD THING THIS IS A TEXT brave faces aren't easy.]

I'm sorry too. For you.

[But then maybe he wishes this wasn't a text. Because maybe he just wants to hold her hand right now.]

[nockingjay]

[ she wishes she could hold his hand too, if only because she knows words aren't exactly her strong suit. she ends up staring at the screen of her phone for a long time, debating. ]

i bet he'd be really proud of you and the stuff you're doing
the village stuff i mean

[ she's kind of sneering at herself for saying that because what?? good could it possibly do. but also she just... doesn't know what she'd want anyone to say about her own father.

so she's kind of at a loss. ]

[flightsuit]

[They're just words and yet they still resonate with him. Katniss may not have ever met his father but it still translates over, a soft bittersweet smile playing at his lips.]

Yeah, he'd like it.

[Would he be proud? It was a hope, and still a wonder, since Hiccup hardly felt like he could still qualify as a worthy chief. Not that he intended to be one towards this village.

The conversation certainly took a turn and he ponders nervously for dragging Katniss in it.]

Is there anything you'd like to see in it? In the village.

[nockingjay]

i like our treehouse

maybe some kind of like...trade... market, but i don't really know whether that's necessary with the city around

[ he doesn't have to worry about dragging katniss into anything. she thinks about her dad all the time. ]

[flightsuit]

[The exchange has already meant a lot to him. Knowing there's someone who understands. Doesn't make it easier, but it does make it less lonely.]

Trade market. That's actually not a bad idea.

We're still a little ways from the city so maybe setting up a business of exports and imports would help things run a little smoother. People could also find it easier to sell their own stuff all in one place instead of scattered in town where you can hardly figure out where anything is.