That's ridiculous. Why would you guys lie about something like this? [Maybe he doesn't know them super well, but he can't imagine what the point would be to make something like this up. And sure enough, when they lead him to the body, he can definitely see that they aren't lying.

Frowning, kneeling down and lifting Inferno like a torch, he shifts it around to get a better look at its... features. After a moment, he waves Toothless over, who comes to sniff at it, rearing back with narrowed eyes and a little hiss.] Yeah, I know, bud. It's pretty gross.

Someone wants to- to study it? [Thank the gods, honestly, because he does not want to. He just wanted his dragon to get a sniff.]