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It seems to reveal a lot about the way Mikoto lived before MILGRAM and i believe it might be a commentary about japanese work culture, the monotony and the way that there will often be a lot of pressure to overwork yourself. The "dreaming" Mikoto is referring to could possibly be the life he thought he would have, whether a different job or a more exciting day-to-day. That's also why I think that Orekoto says he's "newborn", this is a new alter that was only needed recently because Mikoto has joined the workforce.

We can so see in his first mv that Mikoto is not happy when he comes back to work, it is also the dead of night when he comes home, he is unfulfilled and overworked.

The significance of the phone call with his mom leads me to believe that she may have been part of the pressure Mikoto felt to "get a real job" or just to live normally in general, which is why he looks so scared on the phone with her and why he lies to her. I also believe that this initial pressure started in his childhood and led him to develop DID (assuming he has other alters or at least one more, sort of a caregiver alter to replace the parental care he didn’t get)

Xingqui: A thoughtful person.

*later at dinner*

Xaingling: Here's the salt, Chongyun

Chongyun: Thank you, you're such a thot, Xaingling.

Xaingling: *spits out water*