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[forestpride]

[Ordinarily this would be described as an angry stalk through the village. Inasmuch as girl-wolves can stalk, at least.

Except the stalk is much more of a limp and it's less angry than it is...uneasy. San returned to an empty den. She couldn't even tell how long it had been empty, with no frame of reference for how many days she herself had been

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[When you say Toothless, we are talking adorable black dragon, right? If that is the case, San will stop of her own volition and stare at the thing. ...It almost looks like fascination.]

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[San doesn't mind. Animals she can communicate with, often much better than you strange humans. She allows herself to be sniffed, maintaining eye contact with Toothless but standing still. No threat to him.]

What is he?

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[She knows her own set of giant beasts. This one is friendlier than most.]

He is loyal to you?

[...No, Hiccup, she's asking Toothless.]

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[very well then, Hiccup. She will give you a chance.

She holds out one hand to Toothless, a sort of truce between predators with no need to compete, if he will take it.]

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[The dragon gets a few gentle pats on the nose, and then maybe a small scratch under the chin.]

He likes you, human. [Her intonation on 'human' is so much less judgmental these days. It's now just what she uses when she doesn't know a name.] Why?

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A tail fin?

[And she tilts her head to the side, half-around Toothless, asking permission to understand what the boy is talking about.]

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[...Well look at that. His tail isn't whole. San looks at Toothless first, then at Hiccup, with a faintest hint of changed respect]

In the forest, crippled animals are most often hunted first. They are easy prey, especially for humans.

[And yet you did not do that.]

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[Just so you know? She thinks your dragon is very interesting.]

...The humans you live with hunt them.

[Not even a question.]