[He frowns, shakes his head and tsks.]

Your world has to be plenty weird when it has rules like that.

Where I come from becoming older only means that your body grows bigger and stronger. It gives you more chances to take what you want and makes you less likely to be attacked. [A scoff.] Of course you first have to make it that far. Whether you sell your dreams for that or do some other nasty thing's all up to you.