When the Dancing Stumbles

Stoick greatly loved his wife, Valka, and their son, Hiccup, and would lay down his life for them. But, he never would he have imagined Valka had a greater love for dragons and would choose them not only over him, but also Hiccup. How could a man like him ever process such a notion? Or explain to his son who never knew her? Meeting her again, though, dragged those emotions back up.