It was decades after the accident... Mk had been alone for so long until a few months ago where Mac found him

Macaque sighed as he sat beside Mk who kept trying to push him away.. Doesn't mean Mac would actually leave... "Bud... I'm just trying to help... Trust me... What your doing... Trying to distance yourself from the others and I.... Isn't gonna help... I understand your pain-" Macaque said worriedly as his ears dropped slightly as he watched Mk eat the noodles he brought (from Pigsy... But ofc Mac didn't say who it's for because he promised mk he wouldn't tell the others he knew where mk was) Mk sighed as he looked at his bowl of noodles.... Mk then spoke in a hushed tone "I know Mac... I know.... But... I can't just... Appear again can I?.... They don't even know I'm alive... "