YESSS PERFECT honestly they also literally could have met in person somewhere around the time this catfish situation happened? like, either right before which maybe encouraged him to really trust this other person? or maybe right after as some kind of “i told you so! some of these people are real! i want my laptop back” thing? also down to say he also knew this catfish depending on what you had in mind idk! he’d be super receptive to talk about family stuff because like, obviously his childhood is littered with secrets and trauma as well, so they’d have a lot to bond over? aran was kind of an awful kid over the course of his teens, but i can see him being like, so respectful towards yuli’s parents? and also lowkey really looks up to them for all they’ve done for him… so when he was there it was one year of his life where he was a perfect cherub boy. also tacoma can totally be dumped, i was just trying to throw some info in there!