He wasn't even phased by the somewhat unusual name, giving an easy-going grin.

"Nice to meet ya."

There was a small chuckle at the mention of Hiccup's popularity.

"Heh'well, you never know. Some people really blossom in new environments. It doesn't hurt that he likes to help out others either."

If he remembered correctly, Hiccup had also told him he'd been here awhile, so to be fair, he'd also had a lot of time to make friends.

"That's amazing though, that you have dragons back where you live. There aren't any dragons where my brother and I hail from. ...H'not the fire-breathing kind anyway."

At least, none that had been discovered yet.