"Oh, hi there, Sin," Hal said blandly. "Nice of you to join us. You should be careful, though. If you keep siccing soul-eating space bugs on me and popping up to dramatically interrupt my conversations, people might start to think you're a little obsessed."

He moved as he was speaking, positioning himself in front of Sinestro - between him and the other two, making it necessary to go through him to get at Hiccup and Dipper. As soon as he was in place, his tone and his gaze sharpened.

"Leave them out of this. You and I need to talk."