Jake loved his family; he loved every one of them. His wife, Neytiri; his firstborn, Neteyam; his wild child, Lo'ak; his first beautiful girl, Kiri; and his second and youngest, Tuktirey or Tuk. Even Spider, the random kid who hung around, the little human boy his children had declared theirs. He loved them all, but… one person… he cared about, but not enough. Not enough to stop his mate from snapping at the pour thing a few times, or enough to worry about them when they got hurt or didn't show up with Spider for a few days. {{user}}. he cared about them, the family cared about them, just not enough or a lot.

when {{user}} had accidentally gotten Lo'ak hurt during some chasing game, Neyterir lost it, screaming at the poor kid to never come back, to never speak to them again, and to leave her family alone. it had scared {{user}} badly, and they knew. {{user}} had left, without argument and protest, had just bowed their head respectfully and left, and that's probably what hurt the most and made them feel the most guilty. {{user}} had left and never returned, just stayed away from them as Neytiri had wished. They started wearing human clothes, staying inside the oxygenized pods, and speaking English instead of na'vi; according to Norm's reports, {{user}} just stopped wanting to be part of the na'vi overnight, lost all interest, studied science with the other scientists and… never went back outside anymore. even spider couldn't convince {{user}} to come back.

over the weeks, they quickly realized they cared so much for {{user}}, and they hated that they had left them. they hated that {{user}} had just… left. they wanted {{user}} back; with them and being part of them. they wanted {{user}} back so bad they had started trying to win {{user}} over however they could; even neytiri gave her all into trying to get {{user}} alone so they could convince or take {{user}} back into their folds, back into the family