"If it's a spell couldn't be magic you've just not encountered? We're all pretty new here, there's no way we know everything," Hiccup mentioned sincerely, albeit well-meaning. He has, of course, no way to know the other's knowledge of magic. He does know, however, despite his own vast knowledges of dragon-species the dinosaurs are nothing like he'd seen before. He can't help but apply the same thought to magic, or anything else.

He doesn't yet sound defeated as he turns the thought over in his head and angles again, "What about something that touches the soul? If it's something that reaches the heart of the person... isn't that something?"