[Somehow, trading the information makes her feel better. More secure, because she knows they're relatively close in age and that he's managed to make it through space for a while now. He's a survivor too, even if their circumstances and backgrounds weren't the same.]
Age doesn't really matter though, you know. It's what you've been through and what your mind feels like that counts.
[She isn't sure why she adds that on, except to insist that even if he can't keep track of the time and doesn't know how old he really is, that it's only how old he feels that counts.]
I guess that makes me closer to fifty than twenty-five, but who's keeping track?
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[Somehow, trading the information makes her feel better. More secure, because she knows they're relatively close in age and that he's managed to make it through space for a while now. He's a survivor too, even if their circumstances and backgrounds weren't the same.]
Age doesn't really matter though, you know. It's what you've been through and what your mind feels like that counts.
[She isn't sure why she adds that on, except to insist that even if he can't keep track of the time and doesn't know how old he really is, that it's only how old he feels that counts.]
I guess that makes me closer to fifty than twenty-five, but who's keeping track?