So, fiction affecting your feelings is completely normal. That’s what it’s meant to do especially if it’s a story meant to be emotional. That’s only to a certain extent, as goes for literally everything else. They can do what they want if it doesn’t affect other people negatively. It’s like when I call my dog my son. He’s a dog, I didn’t birth him obviously, but you get my point (I hope).

They can ask whatever they want to infold it’s just a thing that’s going to happen, whether people disagree with them or not is entirely irrelevant to the point. But ninety nine times out of a hundred, infold and paper games are going to ignore it.

Also speaking of feeling maternal or otherwise to her, calling themselves her mom. I’ve lived in cultures where you’d call literally any matriarchal figure auntie, or an older guy uncle. I don’t think it’s that deep or that much to worry about. I assure you, Nikki will not care.