definitely not! they had a couple of other young 'uns following them around for the most part, and i've sent the rest of them here to touch base with you too! they were all looked out for by an npc named jonn tavik who is an info broker on belos and did his best to make sure they all didn't end up working for the wrong people. vash himself was a scrappy orphan who lived in a junk yard and definitely got them all into a ton of trouble before disappearing when he was around 14, but he did show up again a few years later