Everyone assumes that because he is Mush, he can't get angry. No one ever bothers to ask him if he's okay, because everyone assumes the answer will always be yes. No one cares enough to watch him closely, just in case there might be something wrong. Because he is Mush, and nothing is ever wrong.

Because he is Mush, he can only laugh and crack jokes. Whenever he tries to get mad about anything, he is ignored, or worse, laughed at. As if that, too, is just a joke. Mush doesn't like being treated like he has no feelings. Everyone has feelings, even the young newsies who would rather laugh then cry. Who can hide the pain with a joke.

But no one ever bothers to ask, so Mush never bothers to tell.