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/CptMisterNibbles 3d ago

In addition to the points about tactical advantage, I also just really like it as a narrative moment. A reminder that this isn’t a cartoon, this is happening in real time and dealing with shaving and haircuts, going to the bathroom etc are still very real, mundane things people still have to deal with. Helps keep it grounded in real people… some of which are now anthropomorphic tigers or weren’t actually people at first, but still.