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• Oh, Jamil has so many issues he needs to work through. One of those issues being that he refuses to ask for help when it comes to his regression because, and I quote, "I can handle myself."
• He's probably on the younger side, his age range being somewhere between 2-4.
• He does, in fact, use a paci. He first used it so he could keep himself quiet to keep his regression under wraps- but slowly began to take comfort in it.
• He's a very quiet little. He's not nonverbal, per se. He just doesn't talk a lot.
• When he's little, he enjoys playing games that stimulate his young mind. He plays chess and other board games with Kalim, and he enjoys doing puzzles.
• Meanwhile, Kalim was definitely not expecting Jamil to be a regressor!
• Jamil definitely did NOT go to Kalim first about this. Actually, Kalim found out by accident!
• Kalim is a very fun caregiver. He likes to play games with Jamil and he actually loses a lot to him, but it's okay as long as his Jamil is happy, it's worth seeing that smug and sly smile on his face.
• He sees this as repaying Jamil for everything he's done for him, and as kind of gaining his own independence in a way. This would be very beneficial for his character!
• He can AND WILL spoil Jamil. He wants to watch a kid's show he's never watched before? Done, and he gets an apple juice or water or whatever he wants as a drink or a snackie!
• Jamil definitely is very embarrassed about it once he's big. He cannot believe this would ever happen- and with Kalim as his caregiver, of all people.
• He thinks it's better this way, though.