[ Leg-gnawing is part of Mookie's charm and everyone here knows it.

Merle shrugs. ]

There's a lot of reasons for anything!

[ It's kind of weird to have this talk now that he remembers, like. The fact that Taako and Magnus are family in a big way and trustworthy above basically anyone else in the universe. Trying to play it off by going "well I mean you guys are assholes" and having a laugh isn't... really fair. Or nice. Or true.

They are assholes and all, but the good kind. ]

Y'know, just kinda... complicated stuff. I didn't wind up with a real good track record.