Hiccup:
[as Stoick drags him through the cave]
Uh, wait! Okay, uh, Dad, there-there's something you need to know!
Stoick the Vast:
[impatiently]
Yeah, yeah. Tell me on the way.
Hiccup:
No, this isn't an on-the-way kind of update, actually.
Stoick the Vast:
[stubbornly]
I've heard enough!
Hiccup:
More of the earth-shattering-development variety.
Stoick the Vast:
Yeah, just add it to the pile.
Hiccup:
Yeah, I, uh, uh... Dad, u-unlike most surprises I spring on you, this is one you'll like. I-I promise. You just have to handle it... delicately. So...
[They reach a stunned Gobber]
Gobber:
[to Stoick]
Uh, you might want to take this one.
Stoick the Vast:
Huh?
[draws his sword]
Gobber:
Oh, boy.
Hiccup:
[fearful]
Oh, uh, Dad, could you put the sword away, please?
[Stoick finally sees Valka and gasps. Gobber and Hiccup watch as Stoick drops his sword, removes his helmet, and slowly and silently advances toward Valka]
Valka:
I know what you're gonna say, Stoick. How could I have done this? Stayed away all these years? And why didn't I come back to you? To our son? Well, what sign did I have that you could change, Stoick? That anyone on Berk could? I pleaded so many times to stop the fighting, to find another answer, but did any of you listen?
Gobber:
[aside, to Hiccup]
This is why I never married. This and one other reason.
Valka:
I know that I left you to raise Hiccup alone, but I thought he'd be better off without me. And I was wrong. I see that now! But...
[nervously backs up against the wall; on the verge of tears]
Valka:
Oh, stop being so stoic, Stoick! Go on! Shout! Scream! Say something!
[Stoick touches Valka's cheek. She stares at him in fear]
Stoick the Vast:
[also on the verge of tears]
You're as beautiful as the day I lost you.
[Valka quietly weeps in relief; Stoick softly kisses her. A relieved and overjoyed Hiccup smiles]
