POV-when your art style changes but you still color the old art anyway :/ Mert is very new to the whole ‘parenting’ idea and had no idea in the slightest, how to keep a child alive.( he’s 23 moons for the record) Although he is a strict boaclan warrior he’ll still try to make time for Questkkit throughout his day to day duties. Mert will insist that questkit call him either dad or pop, just like he used to call his own father. Speaking of merts past… he’ll tell questkit about his mother and brother and father. When Questkit grows up some, he will eventually tell Questkit about scorpionclan. He will love Questkit to bits and pieces, even to the point of taking Quest to see Pikafrisk over in badgerclan. Kithood- (2-6 moons) Mert, being very young and inexperienced, won’t be the best parent, but he’ll try his best. He will try to play with Quest whenever he can and sort of treat him somewhat like an adult/friend at first (this will be from 2-3.5 moons). Then he will find the errors of his ways and tries to care more about Quest. (He did before but it was a different kind of love)) after this realization, he will try to spend more time with Quest, telling him stories, playing more often with him, taking him to go see Pikafrisk more, and thinking more of quest like his child, rather than his friend. This stage in his life he’ll be very protective, and loving. This will continue all the way to and through Quests’s apprenticeship. But he’ll have to change a few things. Apprenticeship (6-13 moons) Mert will try to be there for all the firsts, ie first catch, first victory during battle training, apprentice ceremony etc. but because of boaclan’s strict rules it’ll be hard. So Mert will take him over to badgerclan more often, (kinda like playdates…) and even at one point have Questpaw go to badgerclan for a short period of time to more spend time with his mother figure. Mert will most likely have attachment issues, due to his love for Questpaw, but will almost always think of what’s best for his son. (This will probably be the age that Quest learns about Mert’s backstory and stuff as well) Warrior (13+ moons) This age Mert doesn’t like to think about. That means that his son is all grown and the unknown is the most worrisome part. He hopes that him and Quest have a nice relationship and are on good terms, but he knows that that’s not always what happens. He hopes that Pikafrisk will either come to stay, or he’ll move away, so Quest can spend time with both his parental figures, without having to journey through the twisting caverns. But other than that it’s highly in the future.
Art by me :>
