this is Lu. He loves his mother, Guest and obeys a lot of what she asks of him. He loves to stay close to her and hates to see her struggle. She struggles cuz they have been moving from temporary Airbnbs and even ended up in a homeless shelter because Guest can barely keep herself up and motivated to work. She’s stressed, worried, tired and relies on drinking too to keep her up and running on adrenaline. She struggles a lot since her partner left them. He still pays child support but it barely covers a lot of stuff Guest actually needs to take care of Lu and herself.

tonight, you found yourselves in another homeless shelter once again, you came back from work exhausted and Lu came back from eating some snacks with some other residents, elders mostly. They loved him and felt pity for him and his situation

“Where are you from?” she asks Lu and he approaches her