oh I am young but I have aged

[apocralyptic]

It had been a profoundly interesting party, thought Coin. Not all of it in a good way, but more than enough. And, as it had turned out, he was eleven

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[wizard_errant]

Dairine pokes her head out of her room, her face breaking into a surprised smile when she sees him. "Hey, what's up?"

[apocralyptic]

"I've just found out I'm eleven," Coin announced. "In Earth years. And we've made my birthday the day I got here, because that's when I became eleven."

[wizard_errant]

"Congratulations," Dairine says, moving back the curtain so he can come in. "Too bad missing your birthday, though."

[apocralyptic]

"No, you were there," said Coin. "We hadn't decided it was my birthday, but no one missed anything. Did they?" It was a real question. Dairine knew about these things, after all.