Things that are too big doesn't mean that it necessarily means more than just being incredibly lucky or unlucky. [Maybe it's because he comes from a world that was now seeing its end. Or more accurately, they were trying to prevent it from reaching its end. Was there any real reason other than for the entertainment of higher beings? It wasn't like their world was the only one. But he also knows that it's probably not a normal situation and most people lived more average lives. At some point he was living an average life.]

It's easy to guess why we're not being killed. We're useful and going to be used as pawns. [He says pawns with disdain.] Playthings. [Guy might have a chip off his shoulder, but it isn't directed at Hiccup. Just distaste of the situation.]

Our usefulness isn't individuality though, but numbers. There's a lot of us. On an individual level, there's a lot of varying personalities and probably skillsets. There's no way to take account of us as individuals. [It's unsaid that people are weak will struggle if the situation is unkind. He's not exactly empathetic either after seeing countless people die through his own struggles.]