So... What exactly have the ancestors done to make the gang do their bidding?
Aside from looking mean?
Moominpapa asked if there was anything he could do for them, and that apparently sealed their fate ¯(ツ)/¯
Moomin logic.
moomins are just too polite to refuse
Americans: I don't see any guns, how are they gonna force them to gather wood?
Europeans: ah, double whammy! Rule of Hospitality and No Take Backsies means moominpoppa has contractually obliged the family to no less than 3 fortnights of service!
So... What exactly have the ancestors done to make the gang do their bidding?
Aside from looking mean?
Moominpapa asked if there was anything he could do for them, and that apparently sealed their fate ¯(ツ)/¯
Moomin logic.
moomins are just too polite to refuse
Americans: I don't see any guns, how are they gonna force them to gather wood?
Europeans: ah, double whammy! Rule of Hospitality and No Take Backsies means moominpoppa has contractually obliged the family to no less than 3 fortnights of service!
"Sorry, but someone politely asked me to rob you"