[He looks at her in silence for another moment, but he can't really argue. He knows how hard it is to be taken seriously by the sort of older man who's used to thinking of himself as more important than young people, and he's sure it's even worse for a girl than it was for him when he was a brat.]
Good thing I'm old, too, then, isn't it?
[...Thirty-five isn't that old, but he's commanded people long enough that he's pretty used to demanding their attention whether they want to give it to him or not.]
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Good thing I'm old, too, then, isn't it?
[...Thirty-five isn't that old, but he's commanded people long enough that he's pretty used to demanding their attention whether they want to give it to him or not.]