"I didn't think it would," Hiccup was quick to admit, the roll of his shoulders matching the shrug of his hands, "but I was wondering if anyone tried — If anything happened at all. Not curing exactly, but if there's a response."
Since a response would mean something that they could work with — an angle to poke at. Though he wonders how much of one they'll really be given. The other man continues, however, and its a statement that's as helpful as it is helpless. It's the same thing he's seen others try, gods even himself.
"I've been watching and trying to talk to them for a while now," he says with a glance back. He waves a hand over the child's eyes for emphasis, no response. "They're all... aimless. Like they're not really here at all. Trapped in their own minds?" The last part is said more like a question, like he's still trying to piece together how he wants to express it himself.
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Since a response would mean something that they could work with — an angle to poke at. Though he wonders how much of one they'll really be given. The other man continues, however, and its a statement that's as helpful as it is helpless. It's the same thing he's seen others try, gods even himself.
"I've been watching and trying to talk to them for a while now," he says with a glance back. He waves a hand over the child's eyes for emphasis, no response. "They're all... aimless. Like they're not really here at all. Trapped in their own minds?" The last part is said more like a question, like he's still trying to piece together how he wants to express it himself.