Here's chapter 80.

Approximately 15 minutes have passed since Zorori had been crying, his apprentices Ishishi and Noshishi comforted him. Finnick too, on his own terms, was going about his comforting ways as best he could. It was harder for the fennec fox to comfort an adult than small children, which was what he had experience in, thanks to his time with Nicole and Jerry. But at least what he was doing at the moment seemed to be working mixed with the comforts the two boars were giving the yellow fox. He didn't know why, but a very small part of him was making him feel good about what he was doing. He felt strange about that, since he had never felt anything like it before.

Since Finnick was with his mind elsewhere for a few moments, he didn't notice when Zorori finally stopped crying. He only realized when he started to move slightly that Finnick came back to reality and just before the yellow fox turned to see him. When the fennec fox looked into his eyes. He could see that after that time that he spent crying he had relieved it. He was noticeable in his eyes. Finnick with all that noticed that Zorori had been keeping the sadness for the death of his mother for a long time. According to what he learned from Ishishi and Noshishi, when Zorori was sad for his mother, he showed it, but he never cried, maybe because he didn't want to show weakness, but that worried the two boars, since the fox himself said that he had never cried for her death. It seems that he had finally reached the inevitable point of having to mourn the loss regardless of the years that passed.

"Sorry about that, we were supposed to have a nice time, but we lost some time because of me" Zorori said.

"Don't say foolishness. You were sad, and although I'm not a person who cares much about showing his own feelings, you are not like me, and the healthiest thing you could do is finally let out that burden that you have been suppressing for so many years. Since you had a mother who loved you very much and was with you until the last day of her life, and I'm sure that in some way she still takes care of you even though she is no longer physically with you" said the fennec fox in the most serious way he could , while also trying not to appear insensitive.

"Finnick..." said the yellow fox surprised by the fennec fox's words.

"Look at me for example. I was abandoned by my parents when I was a baby and I have no memories of them. I was in an orphanage for almost my entire childhood. And although I was never mistreated, as a child at that time all I wanted was parents who wanted and loved me. When I was finally in my teens which is when I escaped from the orphanage, I started raising myself on the streets and was able to stand out on my own, and I realized that I never needed parents to get to who I'm now. What I want to get at with this is that at least you had your mother for a long time, and you should be grateful for having her in your life, and don't try to suppress your tears when you feel sad that you can't be with her. Just cry and you'll feel much better" said Finnick, knowing very well what he was talking about, because although he would never admit it, he sometimes cries when he thinks about what his life would have been like if he had had his parents with him all his life.

Ishishi and Noshishi were shocked at what Finnick told their master. Some of the things he said were things they wanted to say a long time ago, but they didn't want to pry too much into Zorori's private life, so they kept quiet. It seems that the fennec fox was not afraid to be direct when it came to telling the truth to other people as he had just demonstrated. They wondered if he had spoken like that to someone before, but if he had, it seemed to work, as the boars noticed that the yellow fox seemed to feel a little better after hearing what the fennec fox said. Since his expression had changed at that moment, and sadness was no longer noticeable on his face.

"It is very true what you say Finnick. Thank you. I have been containing this sadness for several years that whenever someone saw me, I tried to fake happiness, not only to convince others, but to convince myself as well. Ishishi and Noshishi were the only ones who noticed my sadness at that time. But now with what you said I won't hold back for that anymore" said the yellow fox. Then he looked at both the fennec fox and two wild boars and said "And thank you very much to all three of you for comforting me when I needed it. I appreciated it very much".

"You're welcome, Master Zorori, we're here whenever you need us" Ishishi and Noshishi said at the same time.

Finnick said nothing, just let out a small smile as he gave a thumbs up.

Then Zorori looked at a clock on the wall to see what time it was, when he saw it he said "Well, it's still a long time until nightfall, how about we eat something. Before you got here, Finnick, we brought some things from the kitchen. They're on the table. I know you'll like it. We like it a lot."

Hearing that, Finnick felt that his stomach had begun to growl, he hadn't eaten since breakfast, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to eat now, considering that it was already past noon and he hadn't had any lunch since that moment.

"It would not be a bad idea. So you don't have to wait for the food".

The four of them approached the table and when the fennec fox saw what was there, his mouth nearly watered. There was donburi, soba, stir-fried buckwheat noodles. It all definitely looked appetizing in his eyes. As the 4 of them sat down on each chair, they each grabbed each plate and began to eat the delicious food in front of them and didn't plan on wasting anything.

While they ate, the spirit of a pale vixen with curly reddish hair watched them while smiling with happiness to see her son with his friends having a good time.

...

Alister, Ratchet and Clank were at their apartment. Although they hadn't been out much since the mobians had revealed their identity, and were in no danger of being found out that they came from another planet millions of light-years from earth, since no mobian made mention of them or the others that they ended up in this city due to chaos control, there was still the fact that the yoga instructor always knew that they were not from that planet, and although he assured them through the note he gave them, they didn't know without more people they could have found out by their own means, and if that happened they would not have any moment of peace. What's more, the two Lombax wanted to have a date at that time, they even had plans of where they would go, but they didn't know if it was a good idea to go out at the moment.

Clank was a bit sad for his friends, since he really wanted to hang out a bit and have some fun together. It wasn't fair that just because they were afraid they would find out they weren't from there, they had to stay locked up. At one point he left the living room, leaving the two Lombax alone. He had to make a call to clarify some doubts about something, before talking to the Lombax. Meanwhile the yellow lombax with orange stripes and green eyes was next to the white lombax with red stripes and red eyes, they were sitting next to each other, both looked sadly at each other while holding hands. In those moments they wanted things to be different for both of them, to be able to be at home living adventures while maintaining their relationship, and without having to hide from people, because of them they would already know who they were. But they knew that for the moment that would be impossible. Not until the mobians found the missing chaos emeralds.

After a few minutes Clank returned to the living room and stood in front of the chair where Alister and Ratchet were sitting. After getting his attention, since both lombax seemed to be out of reality, they began to look at him wondering what he had to say to them.

"Guys, I just spoke with Sonic and the others, to find out more about the nature of the situation after they revealed their identity to the others" the robot said, making the ears of the two Lombax fall down thinking that it would be something bad. Seeing that reaction, Clank decided to continue with what he was saying. "The thing is, they told me there's nothing to worry about, we don't have to be locked up here all day."

"What do you mean Clank?" Ratchet asked looking at his robot friend.

"That there is no problem that you two go out and have fun. Sonic told me that no civilians outside of those of us directly or indirectly involved with the chaos emeralds don't know anything. And even if they do suspect something or realize who we are or where we come from, there are government agents disguised as civilians who are looking out for our safety," Clank said.

"Does that mean we can go out, save face, and everything will be fine?" Alister asked.

"Exactly. So go out there and have fun. I'll stay so you guys can hang out together," Clank said.

Alister and Ratchet looked at each other, without saying a word and only with their eyes did they both know what the other wanted. So they both got up from the couch and walked to the door holding hands.

"We'll be back before dark. I hope you can find something to entertain yourself with," Ratchet said.

"Don't worry, while you're gone, I'll deactivate until you guys get back so I can get some rest," Clank said.

"It's okay. See you later" said the yellow lombax just as he and the white lombax left the apartment and closed the door.

After that, the robot, after being left alone, went to the room and lay down on the bed that he had used for the last 3 months. And there he deactivated to take a break, so his normally green eyes turned a dark gray.

Meanwhile, without anyone noticing, a small cricket crawled under the door of the room and began to jump all over the living room of the apartment, which was dark, since all the lights were off and the curtains were closed. He kept jumping into the room, where Clank was asleep.

When the cricket reached the bed where he was, it finally changed shape, becoming a small robot, but still the size of a cricket. The new robot approached the larger robot, took out some tools which he used to add a chip in Clank which he hid in the inside of his head so that no one would notice, it was also made so that Clank himself wouldn't noticed the new gadget added to his body.

After that, the little robot returned to its cricket form and left without a trace of its presence.

So far the chapter. I hope you liked it.