[Bella truly is the best of them. It's a damn shame that Varian has to take her advice and ramp it up to eleven. He only realises Fern is getting embarrassed when he starts tugging his hat down and oh... maybe he went a little overboard, oops. A nervous laugh bubbles out of him.]

U-um, yeah! I- I mean, I think they're pretty dang cute anyway.

[He rubs the back of his head, looking down at the aforementioned weird claw feet, trying to find words that actually make sense instead of the garbled screaming going on inside his brain currently. ]

No one else has feet like yours, not even Finn. They're uniquely yours, 100% Fern, and I think that's wonderful.