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[Shock and awe, Wonderland. Tom has been here for how long and this is his first time on the network unaffected by an event. But anyone who knows him knows he hates the friggin' thing. Or, more to the point, just really doesn't like drawing too much attention to himself.

But hey. He's happy for once in a very long time. He's in love! And instead of jumping around on someone's couch or screaming from the roof tops, he's sitting outside the back of the house with a power saw, a generator, and a stack of timbers that he has lugged from the closest closet.

A lot of you he hasn't met but you might remember him proposing a football game a months or so back, but he wasn't feeling quite himself then. Living alternative lives and all that.]

Was thinking about doing some work out here. Idle hands and all that.

[It's a beautiful autumn day, guys. Come out and do something constructive.]

Could use some help to get the walls up. Not like we've got much else to do.

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[Berk, he thinks — an island near Berk, at least, but Berk is the only name of a place he knows. Names of places aren't so important for dragons. But he doesn't know how to spell Berk, so he can't even write it for Tom.

Instead, he seems drawn to the equipment and tools that Tom has collected outside, and takes a few steps over to sniff at them curiously.]

[The idea that Toothless can write, yes. Good. They'll have to play that game later.

Tom steps back when Toothless begins to move, but follows him back over to the pile of building materials he has been laboring over all day.]

Cool, right?

[He's not sure Toothless can understand him, but he can pretend.]

I uh, I thought I'd build a workshop. Do something constructive. Better'n sitting around all day twiddling my thumbs.

[That sounds familiar. Eyes wide, the Night Fury begins to snuff the materials before looking back up and rumbling at Tom again. It sounds encouraging — or at least enthusiastic. Not enough people create things around here, in his opinion. He misses Hiccup and Balthazar for that reason, and for many reasons more.]

[He's going to go ahead and take this as a good sign. And when Toothless moves in to get a better look it lets Tom get a better look at him. If he didn't know he was actually awake this would be a fantastic dream. In any case he's happy enough to just observe.]

I'd ask if you want to help but I'm going to take a wild guess that dragons aren't very interested in construction..

[Maybe he's just interested in the tools because they're metal? Dragons are all into that gold and jewels hoarding thing, right? Or was that just in Lord Of The Rings?

Tom picks up a piece of sapling he'd taken from one of the larger trees once he was sure the tree wouldn't come alive and try to kill him for it, and gives it a little wave.]

Hey- Jo said you like to play fetch.

[He doesn't snap to attention immediately, like a dog would. Instead, he peers at the wood for a long moment, trying to decide if he wants to play fetch. In this way, he's much more like a cat than a dog. Except a cat probably wouldn't get up and trot a short distance away, turning around and giving a high-pitched trill; Toothless does.]

Well, hey, you don't have to if you don't want to.

.. Okay here it comes.

[Can Toothless really understand him? This is crazy.

But he'd asked and the dragon had agreed so he throws the stick anyway. And he really throws it, lobbing the thing as hard and as high as he can.]

[Toothless' ears go forward as his body slinks down, prepared to chase this stick as far as it will go. He's not limited by the walls of a room, right now, and thrilled about it. Like lightning, the Night Fury moves to intersect the flying piece of wood. He half takes-off, even, flinging himself upward and catching the stick in his mouth.

Landing lightly, looking proud of himself, he trots back to Tom and dumps the stick back at his feet, green eyes wide and pleased.]

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