Yeah, that's it. I mean, she ain't sent me a message or nothin', no good luck wishes. So I reckon she's your ma until she sends ya out the door.

It's pretty weird though, yeah. [There's some sort of rambling meta one could make about them all being siblings or something but Drifter cares too little to invest the thought into it.]

Seems like that's what all the kids gotta do here, too. Now I'm a grown-ass man. But most of the time they shunt ten-year-olds to go out on their lifelong journey to be a Pokemon master. Or into whatever occupation distracts them along the way. There's obviously some people that just sorta wander off and choose your regular careers.