[That assessment does put a faint smile on his face. Honestly, it's sweet of her to sit and talk with him. She doesn't need to do that after she's worked her ass off to make the festival a success, all the less when he's being such a downer!]

Aren't you a charmer?

[No wonder Tartaglia's smitten for her. This smile could thaw up the Winter Segment.]

I should be turning twenty-seven, but... I may have lost track of a few years while adventuring across the multiverse.

[Seriously, what is the truth?! He legitimately isn't sure if he's aging out here or not! If he were back home, it wouldn't be happening, but the kids - Jean and Mukuro and Shoto - are visibly turning from teens to adults, so how could he alone be unaffected?]

It may not sound like the end of the world, but in my line of work, the cut-off age isn't high at all. I guess instead of Christmas cakes, we're like New Year's Eve fireworks.

[Is he making sense? Yeah, right?]