Every time he answered one question it gave wave for three more. There was so much to learn about here, she was glad Eugene had brought her along this time. Her eyes were glued to his movements, seeing how his big hands can be so gentle to the sails. It must mean a lot to him and he clearly held so much pride with it. And yet, he was trusting her to help patch it up! She would listen intently and do her best with whatever task he was asking of her.
There was a little disappointment that there were no major meanings behind the design but he made up for it with the tails others have said about them. She wasn’t sure if the patterns could make the boat unsinkable but it was a nice thought to keep hope alive in the dark moments. Rapunzel just hoped Eret didn’t find himself in any situation that called for that hope.
Once she was given instructions and tools her whole face changed from amazed to focused, her legs folded under her, delicate eyebrows furrowed in concentration. He was right about the needle being different, curved was new, and she had gotten past the fact that they used bone for a lot of items, she couldn’t deny the amount of skill they had to manipulate it into something as small as the needle. She practiced a little, making sure she got the co-ordination right with the new tool before starting the patching, mouth tight and to the side before she settled into a rhythm and a question made its way out.
“You said water dragons earlier. What are they like? Do they fly or just swim? Do they squirt water at you? Do you have any here at Berk? Why don’t you get one attached to the boat like out horse and cart?” Okay so one question might have made way for a few more, a pause in her work as she looked at him, a little embarrassed once she realised how many came out.
“Sorry. I guess I’m just interested”.
The sailor merely listened as she listed off her questions. He honestly didn’t mind it meant she was listening and he was appreciative of it. Between his crew and his young child he wasn’t sure if they listened to him half of the time. Especially his little one she had better things to do but was constantly asking him questions. But he wasn’t sure she really wasn’t listening. But that was kids for you.
But with Rapunzel she was genuinely interested. She had mentioned growing up elsewhere. Probably not accessible to these types of things but he wouldn’t pry into it or question about it if it made her uncomfortable. He wasn’t that type of person.
He could only chuckle as he continued fixing the patch as he thought about it for a moment. “Ye know lass , the chief be the one ta ask ‘bout dragons.” He teases as he really didn’t care about answering it.
“Dragons of the sea…are ‘ifferent than the land ‘nes.” He had the scars to show the battles he had gone up against the creatures marked across his body. “Thunderdrums ‘re ‘ugh dragons. Look similar ta manta rays but with ‘listerin roars that make ya deaf.” He had many run in with thunderdrums. While now he found interest in watching them swim under the water surface, and the occasion he’s swam with the now gentle giants when he did swim along the surface, but there were the memories of nearly going deaf from their roars as they attacked his ship.
“Then ye ‘ave scauldrons. Shoot scoldin’ hot water at ye and burn ye. ‘iccup and one of the twins ‘ave a way with em ya can’t ‘magine. Won’t go near em. Lost good decks from em.” He could have counted it worse. At least holes were easy to patch. A ship being broken in half though from a beasts roars ripping pieces of your ship off was another thing.
“Worse never liked were Seashockers. Two headed beasties that zap ye. Kill a man in seconds. Seen it ‘appen many times. ‘iccup’s not ta fond of em either.” And Hiccup wasn’t fond of skrills either. For obvious reasons.
“Plenty of sea or well what ‘iccup tells me is the tidal class. Ye need ta talk to ‘im bout what they do. See ‘im feedin em from time ta time. Course when Eira is ‘ere. The gentle giant of the sea. Bewilderbeast is ‘er species. Never seen a babe ‘fore coming ‘ere though.”
He never really spoke this much with people in the village because they always had something to say when it came to his accent and the fact he was an outsider. “No need ta ‘pologize lass. Don’t mind it with good company.”
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