[Hiccup shrugs, dusting off his powder-dusted gloves and slipping them off to air out his hands. The magitech sander is neat, and he wants one for his workshop, but boy does it rattle.]

Are we expecting things to ramp up again? It's- They've been through a lot the last few months. I don't know if we can expect it to fully settle down. Some people's minds don't change overnight. [He thinks of those first months after their war with the dragons ended; not everyone had been on board immediately with accepting the beasts into daily life on Berk. Only his father's firm and established leadership had kept it from becoming a coup. The Circle of Three... they aren't nearly so established.]