Sp Mansion Gang

We live at the SP Mansion.
There is what I consider a "gang" of small-ish children that run amok around the 24 floors, pool area and small garden and lobby. On any given day there are 2-8 of them. I am guessing ages range from 5 to 10.
Instantly, AC (as he is now called) wanted to become friends with these boys. They are cool. They have some cool toys, eat some interesting snacks and are unsupervised! There are a couple of them that seem on the edge of being feral.
Well, this relationship has been so interesting to observe. I want to write my dissertation on how this type of thing develops. You see, these boys speak Japenese, maybe  a little Thai, and AC speaks English, and a tiny bit of Thai. They communicate with facial expressions and hand gestures. It is really quite fascinating. It started with AC just inserting himself into their play. And they were not quite sure what to think of that. Lots of laughing and awkwardness.
Then after a couple weeks they started seeking him out to play and just this week they actually knocked on the door looking for him!
Today after school AC went looking for them and convinced them to come into the apartment to play for a few minutes. Then they all took off with other plans. Anthony followed them.
His excellent dad went along to supervise...these kids are certainly not used to an adult around but seem to like Alex.
I love seeing it all play out. It is quite an experience.