From afar, Mao watched you and the other Trickstar members play out an act together. The talk you all conversed in was fluent in the exact script you were given.

Mao didn't want to step in and join in, acting wasn't exactly his forte and he wished to not ruin your mood of happiness, so instead he watched from the benches as you laughed on together with the others.

He didn't mind being left out, honestly...