They adopted young Oakroot out of compassion, grew to love hir as family, though teaching the little to not steal was harder than it looked. The aftermath of the fight was to sooth the child, and teach the little thief some restraint, and let them know that, no matter what, they'll never NOT be loved as family.
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04609-l225-unattended-children-will-be-stolen-by-adventurers -- Anon Guest
They knew that Oakroot was from a bad place when they dug him out of his hollow. He obviously had the goal of having enough money for a "real place". As if owning a house would solve all his problems.
He was seven at best. Of course he had nebulous ideas about what made life better on a permanent basis.
He also had a nebulous idea of how much money was necessary to own a home. Any shiny object could be worth 'enough' in his eyes, and that triggered his sticky fingers. What Oakroot had no idea about was that he already had a home in a different format.
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