Philo and Gunge, the two "Trash Twins" that hang out with Maudarey (?), the Trash Heap, seem to only show her respect while they act smug towards anyone who comes to see her, like they aren't worth her time. When it seems she's frozen to death, they become distraught over the possibility of living without her, and they take her rather insultive poems about them in the best light.
Do they see her as a mother figure? That's what it seems like to me.
Do they see her as a mother figure? That's what it seems like to me.