A raised eyebrow said it all before she even opened her mouth. "What? You didn't know that?" The look of surprise wasn't easily removed, but she managed to stifle it to a degree. "My mother told me about it. You've never been told that before?"

Then again, if Astrid took a moment to think about it it really wasn't that surprising. Hiccup's mother, Valhallarama was surely in Valhalla now having been the brilliant warrior she'd been and Stoic the Vast had always seemed awkward toward his son at best. Who else would have told Hiccup about Nornaspor when barely anyone used to talk to him without mocking him?

"Well, it's true. They're a sign of good fortune." She reassured him with a nod. "The Norns have left a little mark on you."