[Oh he was, unfortunately. He barely has time to jump out of the way, and even then he gets splattered with the stuff. Hiccup stumbles back a step or two, nearly bumping into the bench again before returning his attention to Billy. Ok, even though he's a ghost, there's no way for him to actually know if others won't be able to hear him or not.

Better try to stop the waterworks at least.]

S-shh shh, ee- ..it's ok! I can see you, remember? There's gotta be some reason for that, right? I'll try to help you get back home! It....just might take a while..