This feels way more important after the encounter with Wursh the blacksmith in Ep058. How Fjord was perceived as a half-monster by the people who raised him defines so much of his current behavior.
Scene runs: 3:04:42 to 3:05:51
3:04:42 Fjord, clearing his throat: “I understand. I know what it feels like to be ashamed or worried about what you look like. I do.”
Nott: “But you’re pretty handsome, you know, for, like, a half-monster thing.” Whispering, “I think Jester likes you.”
Fjord nods, looking like that stung.
Fjord: “You think so?”
Nott: “Yeah.”
3:05:03 Fjord: “Well, I didn’t always look like this.”
Nott: “What?”
3:05:06 Fjord: “I wasn’t always a handsome half-monster thing.”
Nott, hesitantly: “What did you use to be?”
3:05:14 Fjord: “A kid, just like anyone else.”
3:05:16 Nott: “Still a monster thing, though.”
Fjord: “Yeah.”
3:05:21 Nott: “Oh. Just a less handsome one.”
3:05:23 Fjord: “Yeah. Stumpy, short. Big teeth.”
3:05:26 Nott: “Were you a fat kid?”
3:05:28 Fjord: “Little bit. Just sort of mis-proportioned. Listen, if we get to the-“
Nott: “Do you have any pictures or…?”
Laughter.
Fjord: “If my MySpace is still up, you could see them. Goes back a tick.”
Marisha: “Oh no!”
Nott: “Did you ever have braces or anything?”
3:05:47 Fjord: “Nope. No, I did my own dental work.”
3:05:51
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