"Hey, Fritz, buddy... It's me, Mendo, your good shop-friend, I was wondering... You are like, a technologist or roboticist, or something like that, right?"
"If the answer is yes, I think I have a little request..."
-@endomendochaser
"Heyyy... :]"
"Yeah, I is, w-what's up?"
(Fritz says as he wraps its arm around Mendo.)
"Fritz... I would love to be like my brothers. I mean, not literally like them, but... I see them walking around, smashing stuff, chasing people... I envy them a little, I'm just here all day, in a shop- I don't even have legs! I would like to... Walk."
"H-how come you no has legs?"
"D-did you lose them or were you just made without them?"
"I am a shopkeeper, I was never meant to be anywhere else that wasn't... This shop, so they never bothered..."
(Fritz's softened at this, he understood the situation and there was some silence for a bit.)
"Y-you know....I, uh, have some difficulties m-moving due t-to my cerebral condition, something I can't help hence why I have my cane."
"Of c-course, that different from having no legs but my p-poinnnt is that there are ways t-to help with moving when there's disability involved."
"I-I can try find a way to gets you legs but it may take a bit b-becaussse I don't wanna accidentally give you bad ones."
*Mendo sighs, and looks down at himself, with a bit of sadness, knowing he may never be able to actually be anywhere else outside of that shop.*
"... I just want to feel how everyone else feels... I didn't asked to be just this, selling items and getting tokens that work for nothing... I don't care how those legs work, I just want them..."
(Fritz's eyes softened more, almost teary and then he carefully picks up Mendo, holding him in its arms, essentially hugging him.)
"I'll try..."
*Mendo stays still for some long moments, before hugging Fritz back.*
"Thanks, mate... You are probably my best costumer, and probably my best friend... I don't have a lot of friends besides my brothers, and well, you. Thanks for being here..."
(Fritz's pupils widened at this. He's a friend, no, BEST FRIEND to Mendo? Its eyes start watering, letting out a faint whimper. That has dealt with moments of rejection of various kinds throughout the years, so any moment of kindness, even if small, has a massive effect on the rat, he's not used to it.)
