Some stammering took hold before he stopped himself, shutting his eyes tightly before reopening them. Not like it did anything to make the mess go away, but it helped get his head back on straight. That and Astrid's angered reaction to his reaction. The hand that covered his mouth was now brought forward in hasty supplication.

"–N-no, no, you're not dead. Not yet." Hiccup retracted his hand after he added that aside, grimacing slightly at himself for tacking it on in the first place. Again he gestured awkwardly over the area. "Look, you even got most of it cleaned off! That's better than...whatever was there before, I guess?"

Vikings. They were good at pointing out the obvious.

Another look at the damages the microwave suffered led to a long pause. He then sighed.

"...Okay, so maybe it can improve a bit more once this is all taken care of." Hiccup sounded a little less cautious this time, gentle enough to ask her a simple question. "What exactly did you do again?"