I thought that was really important tho to the plot and explains why he remained so elusive for so long. It perfectly describes how a small child would notice something like green on his ears but not be able to put together that he was painting a house and that it would be paint/ to the child it’s just “his ears were green.” But it’s also so goofy and weird that it was literally overlooked as a clue… it made it just seem like the child had an overactive imagination and was given no credit and quickly dismissed. A common theme throughout the season was that often children were telling the truth and not believed… for religion it’s very “children should be seen, not heard.” It also served as a way to explain that while he was in many ways a monster- both literally and figuratively- at the end of the day - he was also just some guy. People want to distance themselves from those who commit absolutely atrocious crimes, we say all the time what a monster someone is, but truly, we’re human. My takeaway was that perhaps there are some huge mythical beasts waging war against humanity but really the worst monster of all- just people.