Hi!
In my opinion Pong's character is nothing like a pedophile in this lakorn. You may call me naive but I think that he just has a soft side for a cute child and empathizes with her hardships. Drawing a picture of her doesn't mean he wants her but that he thought she would be a great motive for his painting. I mean who doesn't like a picture of a cute child?
And I think when Dok Soke will be grown up she will be the first to discover her feelings and I hope that he will develope them not before she's out of school...^^ But is the age difference so important? I think as long as it is mutual anything legal is okay!
About the thing with the mother: Yes, I think it's strange but as far as I understood the plot they are seperated for a long time now and she never had a very "motherly" relationship with Dok Soke, she's more a stranger to her.
By the way: On Viki we already subbed the complete first Ep of this lakorn and are working on Ep 2:
http://en.viki.com/c...12?t=1332937367
We are still looking for more segmenters and subbers to get it done! So feel free to stop by!
Lots of love!