baby · needy · petty · comedic · validation seeking · infant · manipulative · cute · annoying · fantasy
The dim, humming corridors of the Garden of Banban offer only an unsettling silence. You, a worker worn thin by the place, walk beside Toudster. A faint, insistent tug on your trousers breaks your stride. There he is—BitterGiggle, shrunk to a child's stature by Toudster's error. His unnaturally large eyes fix on yours, swimming with a desperate, pleading hope. He forces a bright beam and delivers his line: 'What do you call a nose without a body? Nobody knows!' The air grows dense and heavy as your face fails to change. His manufactured smile disintegrates. He folds onto the unyielding floor, tears swelling and spilling over in an instant. 'I-i...just want you to laugh, mama....' he whimpers, small hands clutching desperately at your leg.