Mumbo and Xisuma had flown off, so now Ren was left with the 4 robokids. Jrumbot had climbed onto his shoulders and was petting the dogman's ears while the others told him about their family.

"'Melia and I are twins, as you know." Circuit was explaining. "So our dad Mumbo had already started building us a while ago, but never finished the job."

"But then after he finished Grum and Jrum," his sister interjected, "Then he decided to finally finish us."

"So Grian isn't technically our dad since only Mumbo built us." Circuit added.

"He's basically our adoptive father, but that doesn't change the fact that we love him." Amelia smiled.

"I see." Ren nodded as they talked.

"I was finished first, but I'm not the oldest." Grum gave a joke glare to the twins, who kiddingly stuck out their tongues.

"I'm da babeeeeeey" Jrum sang. He was wearing Ren's sunglasses.

Grum nodded before adding, "and Dad built new bodies for me and Jrum!"

Ren replied, "Oh yeah, I was wondering about that. I thought you were that giant robot outside-"

"I am! I can control both bodies since they're connected through a network system." The bow-tie wearing robot explained.

"That's pretty sweet." Ren smiled.

"Papa built a new body fow me 'cuz Daddy accidentawwy zappy zapped me, and I shut down." Jrum played with Ren's ponytail. "Don't wowwy doh, Daddy didn't mean it."

Ren paused for a second. "So, Mumbo's your papa? And Grian's your daddy?" He asked the baby bot.

Jrum nodded with a beep.

"Are they...like, together?"

"Oh, no, they're just friends." Amelia answered for her little brother. "At least, I'm pretty sure."

Grumbot shrugged. "Well, they didn't mean to be our dads. That was more my fault." He added with a laugh.

"Whaddya mean?" The diggity dog cocked his head to the side like a confused...well, a confused dog.

"Dad forgot to make it so that my AI wouldn't evolve. Of course, it did because of that. And I just saw these two men who I knew built me for a specific reason, but I wanted something greater than that reason. They built me, so they're my creators. My parents, if you will. And I did." Grum replied. "Oh man, you shoulda seen Mumbo's face when I called him Dad for the first time! Haha!"

Circuit laughed. "Same with Grian. Oh, his expression was priceless ."

Jrum hopped down from Ren's shoulders and climbed onto his lap instead. "Do you gots a mommy?" He looked up at the dog.

Ren nodded, waiting to see where this was going.

"What's a mommy wike? I don't got one." Jrum asked.

The dogman was a bit surprised. He looked around at the other robots, who gave Ren a sympathetic look. They must have had to deal with questions from Jrum a lot.

"Well, they're really nice and they love and take care of you. Kinda like a dad, but...different." He tried to give an explanation.

Jrum sat and looked over at the door. "Dat sounds nice...I wish I got a mommy." He seemed sad.

Ren didn't know what to say at first, but an idea came to him.

"You kind of do."

Jrum looked up at him with a puzzled expression. "Nooooo, I gots a papa and a daddy. I don't gots a mommy."

"If you think about it, Mumbo's kinda like your mom." Ren had no clue what he was saying, but it was sort of making sense. "He built you and he takes care of you."

Jrum's eyes lit up. "I gots a mommy!" He grinned. "Cuz he wuvs me, and he's weawwy nice, and he takes care of me! And, and, and! He's wike Daddy, but diffewent!"

Ren chuckled. "You should call him your mom and see how he reacts." He winked at the little boy bot.

"Tank you Uncle Wen!" Jrum jumped up and threw his arms around Ren's neck and hugged him.

"No problem, little man." The babysitter smiled.

"Now I gots a papa who's also my mommy, I gots a daddy, I gots two bwofers, a sister, and I gots two uncles! Fouw if you count Scaw and Beebubs!" Jrum let go and sat back down in Ren's lap

"Jrum, we haven't even met Uncle Iskall yet. And Dad never said Scar and Bdubs were our uncles." Circuit reminded the baby.

"Dad said that we're gonna meet him, and I think that Jrum just sees them like family." Grum jumped in. Amelia nodded.

"Father said that we're gonna meet all the hermits one day. And also, Iskall and Ren aren't related to us, but they're still our uncles." The only daughter added.

Ren listened to the children talk. He thought it was cool of Mumbo and Grian to make this little family, even if it was made up of robots.

Jrum gasped. "Puppy, you wanna meet my kitty and chickieeeee?"

The dogman smiled. "Course I do!"

The tiny bot giggled and hopped up. He ran over to a bed that was in the corner of the shop. Weird place to put a bed, but it seemed oddly fitting. On the bed was a sleeping cat snuggled up to a snoozing chicken. Jrum climbed onto the bed, picked up the cat, and hopped off the bed. He took the big cat over to Ren, leaving the chicken on the bed for the moment.

"Dis is my kitty, Gewwie! I also haf anofer kitty, and her name's Jewwie, but she wives wif Scaw." Jrum set Grian's cat down on Ren's lap. He smiled and stroked Gellie's head. She seemed a tad annoyed by the little bot, but was too lazy to do anything.

Jrum ran back over to the bed and retrieved the chicken. It clucked a few times and tried to flap away, but Jrum held on strong.

"And dis is my chickie, Chawwie!" Jrum sat down in the middle of the circle and held the chicken in his lap. "Papa said dat he's named after Daddy, but I fink he's wying, cuz the chickie's name is Chawwie, not Gwian!"

Grum laughed. "That's Dad's middle name, Jrum."

A data processing noise came from Jrum as he sat, squinting his eyes. The noise stopped after a moment and he looked at his brother. "Sounds wike a wie, but okay."

Grum rolled his eyes and ruffled his little brother's hair. "Not a lie. His full name is Grian Charles....I don't know his last name...."

Ren thought for a moment. "Huh, I don't either." He realized.

"What about Papa?" Jrum asked his brother.

"Oh, his name's Mumbo Oliver Jumbo."

"Dat means I'm Jwumbot Jumbo!" The baby giggled. "And you awe Gwumbot Jumbo! And you two are Amewia Jumbo and Circuit Jumbo! And Daddy's Gwian Jumbo!"

"Naw, Grian wouldn't be a Jumbo, since he and your papa ain't married." Ren corrected the little boy.

"Dawn it." Jrum looked defeated.

"It's all good." Ren pet the cat some more.

A little while later, they heard sounds outside. A few minutes after that, the door to the shop opened. Mumbo and Grian entered.

Grian seemed a bit off. He wasn't wearing a shirt, but he was wearing a purple robe with a square pin. The pin had a sparkly rectangle design that shimmered when it caught the light. He was barefoot as well. His hair was a mess, and there were a few small feathers tangled in it. It looked like he was wearing contacts, since his eye colour was different. Ren couldn't remember if Grian had freckles or not. If he did, well now they were sort of purple-ish.

And he looked tired. Not as tired as Mumbo, who looked like he had chugged a 2-liter of 5-Hour Energy. There was also a feather in his messy hair.

"Hey Ren!" Grian waved with a smile to the dogman and the kids as he made his way over to the babysitter. The twins and Grum waved back.

"Hey G-man, how's it hangin'?"

"Eh...not so well, but I'm getting better." Grian shrugged and plopped down next to Circuit on the floor. His son gave him a hug, and it took a second for the builder to register the action. He awkwardly hugged back.

"Hiya Daddy!!" Jrum smiled.

"Hi Jrum." Grian gave a slight smile in return.

Mumbo came on over as well. "They weren't too much trouble, were they?"

Ren shook his head. "They were perfect." He looked at Jrum, waiting to see if he would do the thing they discussed.

Jrum looked at Mumbo with a huge smile. "Hiya Mommy!!"

Mumbo, who was sort of crouched over, fell down as the baby caught him by surprise. "What?"

"I said," Jrum set Charlie down on Amelia's lap and skipped over to Mumbo. "Hiya Mommy!"

"I-...I'm not your mum-" Mumbo's eyes were wide. Grian stifled a laugh.

Before Jrum could reply, Ren stood up, looking at his watch. "Yikes, sorry my dudes, but I gotta blast. I'm supposed to meet up with Doc soon."

Jrum looked at Ren, who gave the baby an expectant look. Jrum sighed and handed back the dog's sunglasses. Ren smiled and put them on. "Thank you, little man. Hey, Mumbo, anytime you need a babysitter, I'm up for it. Your kids are fun." The diggity dog took the feather out of Mumbo's hair and handed it to him before making his way to the door.

"Bye Uncle Ren!" The twins said in unison.

"See ya!" Grum smiled. Grian waved.

"Bye bye Uncle Wen! I wuv you!!" Jrum giggled.

"Bye! Love you too!" Ren closed the door behind him.

Mumbo was still very much dazed by what Jrum had called him. "I-...I'm your father, Jrum." He continued the awkward conversation.

"Uncle Puppy Wen said dat you were kinda wike my mommy, and I twust him cuz he's a doggie." Jrum said matter of factly. "And now I gots a mommy and a daddy!"

Grian spoke up. "Wait, you would rather have a mum and dad then have us be your two dads?"

Jrum thought for a moment. "Weww, no. I fink I'm stiww gonna caww him Papa. But sometimes I might caww him Mommy, cause sometimes you just needs a mommy."

Mumbo looked down at his little baby boy. Jrum looked back up at him with sparkly eyes. He sat down in Mumbo's lap and put his little arms around his waist. Mr. Jumbo's heart softened and he hugged his son back.

"You can call me your mother anytime you need to." Mumbo stroked Jrum's fluffy hair.

"I wuv you Mommy" Jrum said into Mumbo's shirt.

"I love you too baby." The roboticist father kissed the top of the robot's head.

Grian felt like he should look away from this intimate moment. Even though he was this little boy's father, he felt like he was intruding on something that was too familial.

"You okay Dad?" Circuit asked the bird.

"I'm...I'm alright." Grian said, followed by a sigh that sounded more like a pigeon coo.

Grum scooted across the circle and hugged Grian, being cautious of the wings hidden beneath the cloak.

Amelia joined in, and Circuit did as well.

Jrum looked over. "I wanna hug Daddy!" He hopped off of Mumbo's lap and joined in on the group hug. Mumbo smiled and came over too. The only open spot left was behind Grian.

The tall Englishman hugged his best friend from behind, but did so very lightly. He didn't want to hurt his wings or make him uncomfortable.

Grian normally would have felt claustrophobic beneath the arms of 5 other people, but strangely he felt fine.

It felt...nice.

He felt loved.

He started to cry.