>>110418423>>110418465Mao Mao is just sitting on the couch very unresponsive and basically emotionless
Badgerclops and Adorabat try to make him feel better, she goes for compliments and tells him how all of the adventures the three have had, had been awesome and how they've beaten monsters as threatening as his family says they slay all the time.
And badgerclops goes for a more emotional routesaying how he is already a good fighter and doesn't need to prove anything to anyone, they have gone through a lot of stuff and even if they bicker they always make up before the day ends
Mao in turn doesn't respond, he keeps distant for all of it even with Badgerclops and Adorabat cuddling him as he's on the couch, but the drop that spills the cup is when both tell him he has a family, Badgerclops and him have been raising adorabat as if it was their daughter and she tells them they've been way better fathers than Shin mao could ever hope to be
Mao instead blows up and tells them to stop. He already knows all that, he is indeed grateful for having them in his life, but still, All his life he's idolized and looked up to his family and role models
All his life he's been pushing himself foward just to get a bit of recognition from his family or even at least a "you did a good job Mao Mao" but now he's realizing he only wasted time and never had a family in the first place, he now realizes he's been alone for a long time and chasing something that never existed
He finally breaks and starts sobbing lightly on the couch, Badgerclops and Adorabat don't say anything, but they do go and hug him for whatever little comfort they can give.
