As he took in the sight of what Josh had become, Merton instantly clung to Hiccups shoulder with a death grip, sucking in sharp panicked little breaths through his teeth like he was two seconds away from hyperventilating. But Hiccup muttering about Josh resembling a jötunn seemed to ground him to an extent as he worked that thought over in his head.
"We-Well...He did survive the probable death of his parents and his world by getting swept into the new one on a flood of what could symbolically be called the blood of the universe. Kinda makes a twisted sort of sense...or just an eerie coincidence." The more he spoke the more he calmed himself, eventually letting go of Hiccup and stepping out from behind him again to cautiously move closer to Josh. It went against every instinct, but if the guy wanted them dead he would have just killed them or sent monsters after them, wouldn't he? But he let them in, even led them right to him. This wasn't a supervillain or a monster, it was a lonely kid who'd lost everyone he cared about, been mutilated by a bomb, and used as a lab rat.
So he tries, tries very hard, to not look terrified and keep his voice steady as he speaks up.
"We wanted to ask what happened here with Jorgmund, if you would help us, and try to help you." As he moves to step past Toothless he can't help lightly putting a hand on his fluffy head, either to help calm himself or reassure himself that he was there as he kept his eyes on Josh and the screens. "I know you're probably sick to death of people just using you. But you've been watching us, right? Probably even heard some of what we said over the comms? You know I'm not lying about wanting to help you, don't you? Guessing that's why you let us in here, isn't it?"
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"We-Well...He did survive the probable death of his parents and his world by getting swept into the new one on a flood of what could symbolically be called the blood of the universe. Kinda makes a twisted sort of sense...or just an eerie coincidence." The more he spoke the more he calmed himself, eventually letting go of Hiccup and stepping out from behind him again to cautiously move closer to Josh. It went against every instinct, but if the guy wanted them dead he would have just killed them or sent monsters after them, wouldn't he? But he let them in, even led them right to him. This wasn't a supervillain or a monster, it was a lonely kid who'd lost everyone he cared about, been mutilated by a bomb, and used as a lab rat.
So he tries, tries very hard, to not look terrified and keep his voice steady as he speaks up.
"We wanted to ask what happened here with Jorgmund, if you would help us, and try to help you." As he moves to step past Toothless he can't help lightly putting a hand on his fluffy head, either to help calm himself or reassure himself that he was there as he kept his eyes on Josh and the screens. "I know you're probably sick to death of people just using you. But you've been watching us, right? Probably even heard some of what we said over the comms? You know I'm not lying about wanting to help you, don't you? Guessing that's why you let us in here, isn't it?"