Hiccup was about three fourths through the book he was reading when the door clicked. He looked up to see Roughspeak walking in "I hope you aren't to bored, being stuck here and all".
"Well, Toothless is more bored than I am" Hiccup bookmarked the page he was on and turned to his dragon.
"Sorry, but we don't want to throw you into a world you don't understand. Plus words gotten out about you and tons of people want to get an interview with you".
"So, I'll answer a few questions".
"Would you answer hundreds a minute"?
Hiccup gave a surprised look. He sighed "I guess not".
Roughspeak looked at Hiccup trying to stay stern. He tried to look away and stay strong, but he met Toothless' disappointed look. Roughspeak gave a sigh "five laps around the building, take it or leave it".
Hiccup looked up to meet Roughspeak's eyes, but he had already looked away "thank you".
"Just try not to draw to much attention, and when we get back I'll be teaching you the importance of privacy" Roughspeak spoke, moving towards the glass sliding door towards the back wall. He opened the door, large enough for Toothless to get out onto the large balcony. He stepped out onto it, waving a signal down below "Stall will be up in a moment".
A few moments later they were in the air, on their first round Hiccup and Toothless just felt the air pass by them, finally getting the fresh air they wanted. As they made their second round, however, they had a look around, and the first thing to catch their eyes was a huge dragon, draped around a building about as tall as it is, and the building was at least ten stories. The dragon itself was a dark green color, with a yellow underbelly, it had a long neck, and coming from the top back of its head were two horns. Its body was large and its wings were folded in; he guessed the dragon could use them since the dragon queen he fought so many years ago could fly despite its massive size. Roughspeak and Stall came up behind them as they looked on in awe "if I tell you more about it do you promise not to talk about it in the past"?
"I'll try, but I might end up getting excited and telling Fishlegs".
"I wouldn't expect anything less. That dragon over there is called a Treasure Hoarder. For the longest time they were a great big problem, hoarding tons of gold to itself, and attacking nearby towns when it found out if even only a few of its coins were stolen. But recently we found out that showing them that we respect gold, and occasionally give them gold, that they won't provoke people, we just hope people won't be stupid enough to try and steal from them. We also in recent years use them as a secure banking system; you'll just never physically see your gold again".
"I'd probably get your explanation better if I knew how banks worked".
"Right, I'm sure one of us will teach you about it, it's a bit complicated".
"Ok, what is that dragon" Hiccup asked pointing to a dragon that appeared to be like a large serpent, with the head of a beast. It had arms and legs, horns coming out of the top back of his head, what appeared to be a long mustache, and most odd to him, no wings, despite it flying.
"That dragon is a Ruler of Storms, they can control storms. Though they are not trained, they are very intelligent, more so than the average human, so they only allow those who prove themselves worthy to grant requests. They have been asked to give steady weather around the world, though there are still places that still have unchecked weather, but those places are usually calm". After he finished his explanation they had finished their fifth lap "ok back inside".
"Roughspeak" a familiar voice yelled.
The two of them turned to the voice to find Hiccup the ninth coming in on his skrill "Hiccup, Blitzkrieg, what a pleasant surprise, I thought you were practicing with the others".
"I got off early, so I thought I'd check up on you guys, and it's a good thing I did, both of you inside, now" They obeyed. "What were you thinking Roughspeak"?
"We were only doing a few laps around the building, what's the harm"?
Hiccup the ninth breathed in angrily, and gave a sad sigh out "the world more different than you think" past Hiccup went to interject "not just in time, to find a Treasure Hoarder in your time, you'd have to travel a month by dragon, to find a Ruler of Storms, a year, both of those in perfect conditions" past Hiccup just stayed silent "the world is bigger than you think, full of many different people and different cultures, and in this future we all can travel so much faster, so you need to learn how to speak to them, proper etiquette, be aware of current events_".
"That's enough; we don't want to make the poor kid faint again" Brax interjected as he entered the room. Past Hiccup just sat there, letting everything he had said sink in. "Hiccup, I know it sounds like a lot, but it's easier than you think, once you know the current events, it'll be like making small talk".
Hiccup sat there for a moment longer "can I have some time to myself"?
The three of them looked to each other, then looked back at him "sure, well begin my lessons tomorrow" then the three of them left him to his thoughts.