In two of the panels, you can see that the mom has bruises on her knuckles, potentially implying that she was abusing the kid. He later shoots her and is put to death for it. The fact that he’s thinking about what she told him even as he’s being executed seems to maybe be commentary on how abuse like that can completely fuck up a person, but honestly I don’t even really know what the message is supposed to be.
Overall, this is completely fucked
Talking about reload mechanics, I think Tarkov has a pretty cool one that wouldn’t work for a lot of FPS but is a nice touch for that game. Basically pressing reload takes the mag out, puts it back in your pocket with whatever ammo you had left in it so you can reuse it later, or you can double tap reload to drop the mag on the ground and reload just a little bit faster. I’ve got plenty of problems with Tarkov, but I did always find that to be a neat touch.