The difference between how Stranger acts on the true ending and here is so great. He's absolutely fed up with Sunny running away for the last time and snaps. Stranger's dialogue is interesting to me here. Considering the whole "Ny thoughts will follow you into dreams" thing, I wonder if this is a sentiment from Basil. Like maybe Stranger's projecting right now and telling Sunny how he feels. Or maybe Sunny's thoughts are spilling through Stranger, because it's odd to think of Basil being so openly hostile towards him. It's also interesting that he manages to separate Sunny from Omori for this fight.
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I really hated how reoccurring of a sentiment that was back in the day. It never seemed to me like she was a bad parent, just stretched thin taking care of her only child that she may or may not know murdered her daughter, and may or may not think could have hanged her by himself if she didn't know Basil was there. She encourages Sunny to see Kel, leaves him 20$, there's a medkit by the stairs. I don't think she'd be leaving him alone for so long if she didn't think he couldn't take care of himself. And if you don't subscribe to the idea that Mewo's dead one way or another, she might be with mom at the new place. And there's that Black Space 2 text from Sunny's Mom where she promises that they'll protect him, which could imply she knows and still cares about him. Maybe even helped cover it up on her end.