kids are like small animals to veloce; he's very good at taking care of them, but for kids it's in a "get shit done" way. he doesn't actually like them cus unlike animals, kids talk and make no sense and exhaust him.
he's like this from lack of example from his own upbringing.
re: tail/ear pulling: if they're young enough, like toddlers or something, he'd just let them :'D if they're older he'd do the eorzean equivalent of that zoom meeting meme where the guy tapes his cat to a wall
È proprio quando provi ad andare un pochino più lontano, un pochino più veloce, che capisci che del passato te ne liberi solo quando impari ad affrontarlo