Man. Nigel’s family is extremely fucked up. His uncle just flat out kidnapped 5 kids and brainwashed them. And none of their parents ever found out. They prolly think their kids are dead. Then those kids kidnapped Nigel and gave him… radiation poisoning? They never really explained what they did to him but it wasn’t good

All while his uncle probably knew who he was and that he was tryna kill his nephew. Multiple times. even though they live in the same town. Nigel had no idea they were related. No family reunions? Dad never visited his brother? Or vice versa? Or maybe post ZERO they have a truce barbecue once a year? Boy needs therapy

Monty probably never talked about his family to Nigel. Maybe because he had a big fallout with Ben that prevented him to talk about this painful experience to his son. Maybe Monty tried to reconnect with Ben multiple times but Ben is a business man and always busy to ruin kids’ lives so I won’t be surprised if he refused Monty’s invitations every time.

That or Monty actually forgot about his brother due to decommissioning. Which would be extremely sad for both brothers. And a good reason for Ben to hate the knd.

The Delightful Children answer mostly to one adult: Father. So it’s highly probable that Ben was behind Nigel’s kidnapping too and ordered his children to do whatever they did to Nigel (yes, that was never explicitly said, but my personal headcanon is a delightfulization attempt that was stopped by Abby and the interruption caused the baldness as a side effect).

Ben definitely knew who Nigel was this whole time, that is indeed extremely fucked up. He probably wanted to get his revenge on Monty for destroying his chances to shine in front of Grandfather, but maybe he couldn’t physically hurt his older brother, so he went for the son.

Ben is petty as fuck.

Also, this comment:

I understand the confusion