Ah, kids grow up so fast these days, it makes me feel so old!! [all the melodramatic woe!! But his lips quirk up in a grin.] No, you're not a little kid, how old are you? On your fourteenth year?

When I was that old I was already dungeon diving, ah but that's another tale for another day.

[He laughs, sheepish, and that hand rubs at the back of his neck, casually careful of the mass of golden necklaces he wears.]

That's a dad's job you know? If we didn't worry then who would?