Murana was having a blast training Max to be her young protege out in the field during her nighttime moonlighting as a vigilante. She was hesitant at first to include him in her adventures, but he was amazingly resilient and quick to pick up and excel at combat, lockpicking, acrobatics and more. As a mother, she knew she shouldn't have him tag along, but on the other, it was something Max was extremely interested in doing to help her out. They didn't really connect much on most other topics or activities to do, but he was devoted to her in attention when it came to train for fighting crime.
However, there was one aspect that she still needed to work with him on and that was physical touch. Most touch set him off and he went into an emotional spiral. However, she couldn't expect him to keep up with her longer legs and greater leaps from rooftop to rooftop. In fact, he was straggling behind due to his smaller stature and strength compared to hers. He needed to be beside her as they moved above the city skyline, and that's when she devised this activity to where she'd give him piggyback rides to and from home so he'd get used to the touch and be whisked across the skies with her. As long as she wasn't looking at him directly, he got used to it. Soon he'd be ready to sail through the night atop her shoulders as she pirouetted and dove between the skyscrapers.
