His earliest memories are about strangers trying to look at him. Since he was born as the 2nd cat rep (it is rare to have 2 reps of an animal alive at the same time and there can only be 2 max at any one time) people were always fawning over him.

His falling out with his friends Noemi and Gael, followed by his distancing. It is at this point that the pressure of always being liked gets to him. His friends start being annoyed by how persistent he is. After his falling out with them, he starts to really think about how much he's always pretending and starts getting tired of it. He begins to think about who he is as an individual, not what people like, and distances himself from his friends. Though the falling out is a sad memory, he also thinks this period of time was very helpful to him. He distanced himself from his friends but grew closer to his family. He also gets closer to Cathal when he offers advice. Cathal is Rune's idol.

Deep water (rivers, ponds, lakes, sea/ocean)

His near drowning. This triggered his fear of deep water but it was also the moment he started distancing himself from not only his friends, but also his fans. As a result he did grow closer to his family but he began thinking about how to handle his fans.

Lydia Fisker

_X_ living ___ deceased
(If living, her age: _28_)

Front-of-house/manager at her parents’ bakery. Front-counter worker

Rune definitely tends to be more of a momma’s boy. Whenever he’s around his parents, he likes cuddling with her and sticking to her side. Since he tends to spend a lot of time with strangers and is so young, he himself hasn't noticed that he tends to yearn for more attention from his parents. It’s the reason he spends time with strangers who fawn over him, to fulfill that need. Whenever he is with his mother, he tends to not leave her side.

Elliot Walker

_X_ living ___ deceased
(If living, her age: _29_)

Specialty chef at his in-laws’ bakery

Rune greatly admires his father. Sometimes children tend to be a little intimidated by their fathers but because Elliot is so easy going and tends to almost always have a happy demeanor (partly due to his young age), Rune is very close to him and whenever they have conversations, he tends to be pretty open about things. However, due to work, sometimes Rune doesn't want to trouble his parents and will often be outside the house with other people in order for them to have time on their own. Rune sometimes feels like a burden to them because they had him when they were young. Even though his parents don’t feel that way at all about him and love him, it is also clear that they were too young to have a child. This is due to the fact that they don’t place a lot of restrictions on Rune and he’s allowed to wander whenever he wishes, never getting into trouble.

Gael is Rune’s best friend. At first Rune only liked him because he thought their friendship would be good publicly, and he liked being depended on. Gael was very earnest in their friendship however, and Rune soon became very attached to him.

People like how cute and happy Rune tends to be. Though Rune is already this way, he does tend to amplify this much more for the sake of entertaining others. He also tends to lean a lot towards the opinion of strangers that fawn over him as a supplement for parental love.

The people that do know him also see his need for attention as a problem. Though they don't necessarily know the reason behind it. For most, it seems as though he enjoys manipulating people in order to win their favor. There are also times when he can be very resentful. He has a fear of people leaving and sometimes tends to get envious when he sees his friends with other people, scared that they might forget him. This can cause him to be a bit possessive and get angry if they don’t reciprocate.

He greatly dislikes Aaron. Part of it is because of how rudely he treats Rune but the biggest reason is his connection with Rune’s 2 best friends: Gael and Noemi. Noemi has a crush on Aaron and Gael has known him since they were both young due to their parents knowing each other. Because both have such strong and positive connections with him, he often gets scared that he will take away his friends and he’ll be forgotten.

Rune is very attached to his best friend Gael. Since he doesn’t have any close friends aside from Noemi, he feels that Gael is the only other person he can be open with. Gael’s kind and quiet demeanor also tend to put Rune at ease. He also likes the feeling of being useful whenever he helps Gael with something enjoying making him happy.

Right now it’s Gael and Nemi though mostly Gael. Since Gael is his best friend, Rune tends to lean on him a lot. This of course isn’t necessarily healthy, at least not the way that Rune goes about it. Usually things tend to go by well, but he often gets envious if Gael is with another friend, even if he’s with Noemi, though he doesn't usually get too envious if he’s with her.

He greatly admires Cathal. In a way he tends to see him as almost an older brother. In Rune’s eyes, Cathal seems like the perfect person to understand him and what he’s going through since they are both cat representatives. He likes the fact that there are only two of them, making them special.

He relies a lot on his friends and the love that strangers give him. Due to this, his mental and emotional state tend to be pretty frail, and he has a lot of deep anxieties and fears of both not being good enough or being forgotten.

Though he relies a lot on Gael, he’s also a great supporter for him. Since Gael is so shy and soft spoken, Rune likes helping him be more open, often dragging him to different places to make sure he has fun. He is always the first one to defend him, and thinks of him as almost a sort of younger brother.