Other way around. Anyone who looks 50 probably is at least 50. [He rolls his eyes.]
Really? The idea of an eternity right at the beginning of puberty sounds fun to you? Do you like when people talk down to you?
[If he was five it might be different, even 10, but being stuck forever at 12 is about the worst thing he can imagine. Just old enough to start to want to experience grown-up things, not old enough to get them.]
Not to mention older people who definitely don't remember what being a kid is like talking about how great and easy it is. How old are you, anyway? You can't be that much older than me.
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Really? The idea of an eternity right at the beginning of puberty sounds fun to you? Do you like when people talk down to you?
[If he was five it might be different, even 10, but being stuck forever at 12 is about the worst thing he can imagine. Just old enough to start to want to experience grown-up things, not old enough to get them.]
Not to mention older people who definitely don't remember what being a kid is like talking about how great and easy it is. How old are you, anyway? You can't be that much older than me.