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what if pathological liar dewdrop???
it started with him simply getting uncomfortable with people constantly asking him how he's doing and if he's okay after his transition
he was obviously not but it was so annoying and anxiety inducing he simply trained himself to be an amazing liar and answer every single time with believable but still faux brightness that yeah he's doing great!!!
it escalated into him lying not only to strangers but also his packmates. into lying about small irrelevant things that don't need to be lied about
"what did you have for breakfast, love?"
"cereal." no, it was toast
why does it matter if mountain knows what he ate or not? he doesn't need to lie about it but he does, he can't help it. the need to lie seeped into his bones and he can't fight that compulsion
sometimes he hates himself for it, when his lie hurts someone, even if the other person doesn't know that what dewdrop said wasn't true
it's the worst when they do know, though. the hurt in his packmates' eyes, the disappointment. he spirals and crumbles then, panics about what's always coming out of his mouth involuntarily so hard that he goes nonverbal for days
it's better that way, he thinks, and sometimes he'll wonder if he can do something that would take his voice away from him forever