"Y'know, it's funny, but that was exactly what I was trying not to do." He'd been about to do it anyways, of course, but apparently Hiccup had a slightly larger tolerance for insults than Zuko did. He'd had to, after fifteen years of being insulted by everyone he knew.

"Thanks though. Honestly, I was, like, 20 seconds away from suggesting that if she was as smart as she thought, she should try to design and build a mechanical tailfin for a dragon with her bare hands. That would've gone over well."