I haven't watch a lot a batim content in a long good while but if I remember correctly their was a tape and that said something about Bendy not being malicious at first. That at the time when I watching Batim chapter 5 for the first time threw me for a loop [No pun intended] It got me thinking like what would have happened if someone interacted with the Ink demon before he got locked away.
So now imagine this.. [Y/N] is a screenwriter for Joey Drew Studios and one day they come in contact with Bendy. At first they’re spooked by his appearance but instead of running away they kind of freeze in fear but because that they see Bendy isn’t a threat he kinda stands there and looks at you funnily. You two actually bond over that fact Joey Drew seems like a very shady and shitty guy overall.
He doesn't understand what leaving is because... He always comes back... (pun intended) so my methods of leaving really made the gears turn up in there.