I know you're not supposed to guess a girl's age, but I can say he's older than you. If anyone can handle himself, it's him. I'm not worried.
[He puts on a smile to punctuate the point, but even so, it's not a stretch to see there's more to it. It's not just that Dorothy's dog and Jake's gunslinger are on their own--they're not here. They're not with them. Dorothy and Jake are the ones on their own, and it squeezes at the heart of the boy in question.]
The last thing I remember, we were in New York together. [Well, sort of. Close enough to be the easiest answer.] You?
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I know you're not supposed to guess a girl's age, but I can say he's older than you. If anyone can handle himself, it's him. I'm not worried.
[He puts on a smile to punctuate the point, but even so, it's not a stretch to see there's more to it. It's not just that Dorothy's dog and Jake's gunslinger are on their own--they're not here. They're not with them. Dorothy and Jake are the ones on their own, and it squeezes at the heart of the boy in question.]
The last thing I remember, we were in New York together. [Well, sort of. Close enough to be the easiest answer.] You?