"I've certainly seen worse," she answers with a shrug. After all, much like Hiccup, her father was missing a leg. He's not the only warrior of Merida's clan who'd suffered injuries from sport or battle that she's had the displeasure of witnessing.

"I just think there's no sense in having our resident blacksmith suffer longer than necessary. You're lucky that it isn't bigger, or I'd wonder at the state of your ribs all together. It couldae required bed rest and I'd have to be the one hammering away at scrap and entertaining your beastie for you."