[Oh no, Ayato might be right and it might just be that this creature is going to follow him around forever and expects to be raised and loved. Like some sort of child.]

Mothers tend to abandon their children. And all they need is someone willing to raise them instead.

[Family.]

And that cannot be me.

[Really, he is in no position to take care of an animal.]

If anything, give it to Lumine. She is fond of adopting small, squeaky things. [Like Paimon.]