Chapter 5
Months has passed he felt free, empowered, the world was his oyster, he learned to hunt, he was quick on his feet, he had a grasp of his surrounding resembling of control, he wasn't scared to feel fear creeping on him anymore, before this ordeal he spent his childhood with his faced involuntarily glued to a book, spending the majority studying, his mom coddled him, pampered him, made all his decisions for him, which isn't bad at all, he was literally a baby back then, still is now arguably, so he never had the chance to do or pick the things he wanted to do, having this much confidence felt all new
He religiously practiced sensing Ki, until he was able to do it as natural and effortlessly as breathing, and what he discovered made him ecstatic, Piccolo was checking on him more often than he initially thought and noticed a pattern, his green skinned friend came on regular cycles in normal flight, but that's not all, the Halfling felt his Namekian speed up considerably to go to him, whenever he was distressed weither it be because he was in dangers he couldn't yet handle or just having one of his spiraling worries play in repeat on his head, Piccolo came without fail scolding him and reminding him to work smarter, and even sometimes awkwardly and flatly say words of assurance to try and ease him
That fact gave him enormous comfort and peace of mind to the point that he more often than not seek the soothing cool familiar feeling of the storm that was his tall friend's Ki energy, his young mind treated it like a security blanket