Well, the facilities in the places we've been visiting on our marvelous journeys thus far give new meaning to the word "primitive", and I didn't really feel like reinventing the wheel just to get the same results I could've gotten out here.

[Though it occurs to him that the science machines are probably not what Hiccup is actually miffed about right about now.]

What, I thought kids liked it when their parents went away for the weekend. You've got money and free rein of the house, you mean to tell me you haven't stayed up until dawn and ordered a thousand pizzas yet?