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I REALLY like this scene. I know some might say it comes out of nowhere for Zooble to try talking to Jax like this but I think its actually a REALLY good character moment for Zooble as its them acknowledging something that's probably tough for them to swallow but they ultimately do admit to themselves: That they and Jax aren't THAT different.

Jax and Zooble at the start, SEEM like opposites but when you really dig into it, they both have the same reaction to being in the circus: Nihilism. They both just want to check out emotionally from everything and neither really wants to CARE all that much. The main difference is how they manifest it. For Jax, his nihilism manifests as him throwing caution to the wind. Trying to just embrace the chaos and dive headfirst into the circuses crazy and madness, not caring about things like whats right or wrong and just causing trouble as he thinks doing so will help give him consultant stimulation that'll distract from his emotional issues. Zooble meanwhile tries their hardest to avoid all of the circuses madness and adventures and just be on their own to try and feel better about themselves, even if they still have difficulty with it. Still, both of them embrace the idea of not giving a shit at the start and it causes both to kind of be outsiders while still part of the group. Yes, Zooble isn't seen as a menace like Jax, but at the start of the show they do very much separate themselves from the others, not interacting as much, not going on adventures, even when they don't have to actually LEAVE the circus. You could watch the first two episodes and very much forget that Zooble is even a character in the show. But that's by design to a degree. Zooble doesn't have much of the energy for social interactions, they're too depressed too full of self loathing to want to deal with the others. And it leads to them giving a very prickly, "I don't have time for your shit" attitude for the first couple episodes. Even Ragatha describes Zooble as always "being a grounch" all the time, implying that the others did see them as just always being grumpy.