"Sure, why not listen to the crazy, brainwashed person?" Hiccup said, voiced drenched in sarcasm, "Oh, right, because you're crazy and brainwashed."

As much as Hiccup loved to talk, taking was very obviously not working. The only way to stop Roland was to physically stop him. The metal cord unwrapped itself from around Toothless's snout, and Hiccup mentally threw it at Roland, attempting to rope it around him before the gunslinger could react.