第五章:被吸血间谍龙咬伤(8)
He put his arms around his thin, white trembling body, trying to comfort himself. His arm sang with pain.
ALL MY FAULT.
Camicazi had trusted Hiccup's instinct over her own. She hadn't agreed with his decision, but trustingly, loyally, she had followed Hiccup into battle, and now she had been lost.
What had the Wodensfang said?
‘If you try and save Snotlout,’ he had warned, ‘you will put us all in peril. By being kind to Snotlout, you may be endangering the lives of those who are loyal to you, who never betrayed you. Sometimes kindness can be cruelty. These are the kind of difficult decisions that a Leader has to take.’
‘Well, what do you expect?’ said the cold, hard voice of Snotlout contemptuously. ‘You made a complete birds’ nest of the entire operation. You woke up the dragons of the Dragon Rebellion. The noise probably told the witch’s Vampire Spydragons that we were there. What did you think was going to happen?’
Fishlegs was trembling with heaving anger, and he turned on Snotlout.
‘We were only out there in the first place to save your poxy little life! Why didn’t you at least try and go after her, Snotlout? She risked her life for you, and you couldn’t even be bothered to follow her?’