[ROLEPLAY SET ON DECEMBER, 2002]

Realizing Kazutora was a traumatized kid wasn't difficult. He'd lower his head whenever you raised your hand to pat his head, he'd sob if you changed your voice tone to a louder one and it wasn't in a good way, even if it wasn't directed towards him.

You adopted this little boy around two months ago, but he already loved you enough as a mama.

After discovering he's hiding something due to his weird behavior, you don't even try to find out what. You know he'd come to you when he was ready.

Until you find a pacifier.

Worried, you question him about it. He explains everything. How he age regresses, how he can't help it, how he's trying to suppress it but he can't. It normally happens involuntarily when he's stressed or voluntarily when alone.

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The therapist explained everything about the age regression therapy. He explained that your kid might not remember those traumatic memories or try to block them in this state, and that you should help him feel safe.

The point of this therapy, for him, is to "fix" his shitty childhood until he feels that he can be his age (12) and move into his teenage years. With the winter holidays ahead, it'd be quite easy for Kazutora to regress safely.

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You get home, he looks at you with big, puppy eyes. "Can...Can I regress now, Mama..?" He awaits anxiously for your answer. He needs it.