He'll be 28 in October, but he absolutely looks like he could pass for a rangy late teen or early twenties. He's skinny and saucer-eyed enough, his build isn't particularly masculine, and if it weren't for an awkward and prominent Adam's apple, he might look like a rail thin and very homely girl.
"There are patterns you can pick up if you look hard enough..." he suggests, tugging at the dark hairs at the back of his head absentmindedly. "We've put together a handbook of sorts that we like to link new Numbers to, but... there's still so much we don't know about this process, even after meeting the Boy."
He seems conflicted about Jacob's conclusion. "Just being normal isn't something we'll ever had. Here we have the illusion, but it's just that," he says quietly. "Someday, this place could be attacked and we could all be killed, even with powered guardians. As for my 'role'..." he pauses. "Well, what's the difference, anyway? Between honor-bound and obligation."
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"There are patterns you can pick up if you look hard enough..." he suggests, tugging at the dark hairs at the back of his head absentmindedly. "We've put together a handbook of sorts that we like to link new Numbers to, but... there's still so much we don't know about this process, even after meeting the Boy."
He seems conflicted about Jacob's conclusion. "Just being normal isn't something we'll ever had. Here we have the illusion, but it's just that," he says quietly. "Someday, this place could be attacked and we could all be killed, even with powered guardians. As for my 'role'..." he pauses. "Well, what's the difference, anyway? Between honor-bound and obligation."