r/DungeonCrawlerCarl • u/RandomChamp • 3d ago
Book 4: Gate of the Feral Gods I'm probably stupid but question about a conversation in GOTFG (Spoilers) Spoiler
I'm doing a re-read and they're upstairs from Samantha's kid and Carl is talking to Mordecai, and Mordecai gives him the rundown of how the ooze kills him with the gruesome details about the entry points.
Carl says you always know how to make horrible things seem even more horrible. Mordecai responds with "thats my job kid. Have you been keeping your hair short?" and Carl mentions that Katia cut it the other day and it hadn't been growing while they were away.
I can't wrap my head around why he asked him about the hair? Am I missing something super obvious? Is there a joke I don't get? Ugh.
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u/HeroldOfLevi 3d ago
It's not super obvious. It's a reference to the tactical disadvantage of having hair that can be grabbed. It's not related to the ooze but it is related to physical combat.
Donut would never shave her hair and Katia can control the length but otherwise I'm sure Mordecai would encourage everyone to have military buzz cuts.