I need to escape from Berk, who doesn’t love me-we have an unhealthy connection.

We fly over a city of giants. The night sky spreads out before us, and smoke rises in tendrils from below. The giants appear as dark outlines growing up from the earth like brown pines. Berk’s looking for a place to put me.

Berk finds a spot in a garbage dump, a lean-to some men have placed behind a restaurant. I crawl into it, using my hands to sweep away the greasy remains of fast food. From here I’ll plot my escape from blonde Berk.