[Slowly but surely! Thus far, he has more or less mastered the word 'fish', gotten quite good at going "lalalalalalala" incessantly, and has managed to get the pronunciation of "kitty" down perfectly (which would be more helpful if he actually knew what it meant. In addition, he'd learned "what", and someone had taught him how to say a few dirty phrases in some alien language that fortunately only one person in Johto even understood, and that person sure isn't Toothless.]
[It ain't much, but it's something.]
[When Hiccup's voice takes on that familiar teasing tone, the bright beam comes right back and Toothless just sort of... wiggles excitedly. Like the human equivalent of the Happy You're-Home Dance practiced by dogs greeting their masters everywhere. It's the exact same dance he eventually started to do every time Hiccup made it to the little hidden cove in the woods after Dragon Training.]
[MISSED YOU MISSED YOU MISSED YOUUUUUU]
'S!
[He had made friends! A little reluctantly at first... after all, prior to arrival, Hiccup had been the only human Toothless had ever encountered up close as opposed to seeing them run around willy-nilly on the ground far below. But as the months passed, he'd come to appreciate them much in the same way that he'd come to appreciate Hiccup himself. ... Not TOTALLY the same, though. Hiccup would always be the special one.]
Jhiva kitty bee jhivaaa...
[... Yeah he hadn't quite... mastered their names yet...]
[Video] ... WELL, I'M THE DRAGON. SO THERE.
[It ain't much, but it's something.]
[When Hiccup's voice takes on that familiar teasing tone, the bright beam comes right back and Toothless just sort of... wiggles excitedly. Like the human equivalent of the Happy You're-Home Dance practiced by dogs greeting their masters everywhere. It's the exact same dance he eventually started to do every time Hiccup made it to the little hidden cove in the woods after Dragon Training.]
[MISSED YOU MISSED YOU MISSED YOUUUUUU]
'S!
[He had made friends! A little reluctantly at first... after all, prior to arrival, Hiccup had been the only human Toothless had ever encountered up close as opposed to seeing them run around willy-nilly on the ground far below. But as the months passed, he'd come to appreciate them much in the same way that he'd come to appreciate Hiccup himself. ... Not TOTALLY the same, though. Hiccup would always be the special one.]
Jhiva kitty bee jhivaaa...
[... Yeah he hadn't quite... mastered their names yet...]