"If you're willing to vouch for his good character, I'll see if I cant find him around this place. Mine was a bitter man who mourned his wife more than he loved his child. I understand why he would feel that way, but it didn't make it any better when that's the first real thought you've read off of anyone's mind."

Is he bitter about it? Absolutely. Mantis will never forgive his father any more than Liquid Snake will forgive his.

"Is that so?" He looks down at espurr, who is nodding off against him. The little creature let out a tiny yawn. "Are you a Pokemon too? Are you going to grow too big for this apartment?"