The pronouncement was received in sullen silence. You would think they might be happier, Dany thought. They have what they came for. Is there no way to please these people?
By morning Stoick had made the awesome decision that he was going to reverse the solemn pronouncement he had made on the beach, and un-banish Hiccup and the other boys.
He spoke as though he hadn't just made a flat pronouncement about who that person would be - the person whose chances were shrinking by the hour from slim to none, and who also happened to be his boss.
" Are you deaf, fool" ? Reznak mo Reznak demanded of the man. " Did you not hear my pronouncement? See my factors on the morrow, and you shall be paid for your sheep" .