This poor darling, in canon, is shy and has very low self-esteem. But how I roleplay him, in his past, Metta has been working with him to increase his confidence, especially after they got him his body, and they started to reconnect. His relationship with Latula, her affection and attitude, all offscreen, as I haven’t talked with Latula’s Mun about it but I’m pretty sure they’ll be okay with it? Anyway, his relationship with Latula, and Azalea, has helped him mature and be a bit more confident, but only around people he knows and likes, or when he’s defending those people, with no regards fro himself. When it comes to facing others alone, he reverts to his shy shell, because he doesn’t know how they will act and react to him, so he uses his shyness as a mask and shield, to gauge how others will treat him, before slowly revealing confidence as he grows to trust them, if he does. His self-esteem is still rather low, as one really doesn’t get over being abandoned easily, whether or not the abandonment was intentional or not.