....he's not a bad man. He's usually a very good man. A good chief. He cares so fiercely for his people and wants them safe.

Just.

It made him a bad father a lot of the time. He needed me to be something I wasn't, I caused problems, and got people hurt in my desperation, which got him upset, which made me more desperate, which caused more problems. He couldn't understand me. Most couldn't.

But he wanted to connect and I think that hurt worst of all. He wanted to, we wanted to, but it just didn't happen.

Not until....well, Toothless and Astrid and almost getting the whole village eaten by the Red Death because we couldn't listen and trust each other. Things did improve, but....

[He picks up the spyglass.] But scars don't go away easily.