And we see Sage starting to open up more to Wolf Luna only.

Chapter 19: Opening Up More

After breakfast, Wolf Luna thought it would be a good idea for her and Sage to take a walk around the village to talk some more and Sage was still feeling a lot of embarrassment from panda Luna spilling out everything he did while living at the house and he might've thought that wolf Luna would make fun of him for that and he received a comforting paw from wolf Luna and a smile...which was something Sage was never used to.

He still feels total embarrassment for whatever happened back at breakfast and lowered his ears a little bit and he said, "You probably must think I'm a total dork."

"No. Not at all. Why would you think that?" asked wolf Luna.

"All the pranks that I do and the stupid stuff that my supposedly panda sister told you about." Sage replied.

She lets out a small giggle and she told him, "I actually think that it's really funny. Unusual, but really funny. Ryo's kind of the same way too...except he's a bigger troublemaker."

That seemed to cheer up Sage a little bit as he perks his ears up and took a little interest in what Ryo used to do and asked, "How?"

"Well...there was one time that he was late for something and he overslept and he just ran out of the room and into the Hall of Heroes...in his pink underwear." Wolf Luna replied.

Sage's jaw dropped in shock and he lets out a few snickers after hearing that and he said, "Serious?"

"Yeah. Master Shifu couldn't even move for a few minutes and felt like he was completely corrupted after seeing Ryo standing there in his underwear. It even made Skyler faint and the rest of them had that image on their heads for the rest of that day." Wolf Luna replied.

"Where you there?" asked Sage.

"Yeah. I kinda looked past it because I can tell how embarrassed he was. But I kinda laughed with him for it." Wolf Luna replied.

"Man...if I was there, I would've laughed at him all day long." Sage added.

Later on, Sage was opening up a little more and Luna kept listening to him while he lets down his guard a little bit about everything from his new experience in a new family and struggling to come to terms with the fact that this isn't South China anymore, but still can't let go of who he was before and how to deal with a new environment that's a little less riff-raff-ish.

"...and it's just that I'm not used to change. I've only been here for almost 2 years now and I still feel like it's not the same anymore. Sometimes I feel like I don't fit in anywhere and it's like the world just kinda knocks me down and they see me as a troublemaker or future juvenile." Sage answered.

"How come you haven't allowed yourself to accept it?" asked Luna.

"As I said before, you can take the streetfighter out of the streets, but you can't take the streets out of this streetfighter. Besides, I don't even know how to start. I want to move on from it, but I have no idea how. I've tried so many times, but I get so frustrated and I always end up getting mad." Sage replied.

"Who are you mad at?" asked Luna.

"I don't know. It's all I've ever felt. It's just angry, mad, furious, seriously pissed off about every little thing that shouldn't even matter. And how I deal with it...I just punch things." Sage answered.

"Are you mad at your family?" asked Luna.

"No."

"Me?"

"No."

"The Jade Palace?"

"No."

"Well...who?"

Sage could tell that Luna is doing everything she can to help him open up more than anything and he lets out a deep sigh and slumped his shoulders and replied, "I'm mad at myself."

Once Luna got her answer, all she could do is stand there and sees Sage in this position where he's completely vulnerable and she asked, "Why?"

"Because I'm confused. I don't know how to handle any problem I have. How can I deal with it if I can't even know how to handle it. It's...it's just so hard." Sage answered.

"You don't know how to ask for help?" asked Luna.

"I've never needed anyone for help. I'm a loner." Sage added.

Luna felt like she should take this conversation somewhere and she took Sage out of the village and into somewhere quiet and somewhere where he won't be bothered while having this open conversation.

Wow...very deep. Stay tuned for more!