Sirius laughed. An avox came over and gesture to his drink to see if he wanted more. Sirius waved him off with a "no, thanks." Then he turned to Hiccup again.
"You're right but wizards and witches-- that's what we call ourselves-- they didn't care much for Muggles for a long time. A lot of them still don't but that's also complicated and not for polite conversation. Let's just say there's a reason I know a lot of hexes and leave it at that.
"Wizards have a lot of what you'd consider weird names. We call people with wizard parents who weren't born with magical abilities squibs."
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"You're right but wizards and witches-- that's what we call ourselves-- they didn't care much for Muggles for a long time. A lot of them still don't but that's also complicated and not for polite conversation. Let's just say there's a reason I know a lot of hexes and leave it at that.
"Wizards have a lot of what you'd consider weird names. We call people with wizard parents who weren't born with magical abilities squibs."