So I just realized that Puzzle(H!DS) doesn’t really know why Mal doesn’t talk. He just knows they don’t. And he’s trying to get them to talk because he knows they should be, but they’re just. Not.
I also realized that in the Final Girl Finch ending, he probably gets arrested at some point for continuing to put JR officers in death traps. And when he gets arrested they probably also find this child that bites every time they try to pick them up and doesn’t talk at all.
I was just picturing Sparrow trying to help with the kid, figuring there’s a possibility that Puzzle’s the cause (he isn’t, but they don’t know that), and then:
Sparrow: So we’ve been trying to get some information out of the child in your care, and… they aren’t talking…
Puzzle: Oh that’s not just a me thing? Great.
Sparrow: … I was wondering if you knew why-
Puzzle: Nope! But if you do let me know!
He genuinely does care about this kid, and he probably will cooperate slightly better once he knows the kid’s being cared for. And gets some damn therapy.
