"Y'know..." Hunk gives her a snarky look, weighted more with humor than condescension. His tone, on the other hand, is akin to a disappointed older sibling. "Whatever happened to being all like," and then he lowers his voice, making it particularly gravelly and edgy, "My age doesn't matter?"

Then Hunk starts coughing from the strain on his throat, but he shrugs it off after a few gasping breaths that devolve into self-deprecating laughter. "But if it makes you feel any better, one of my friends is fif... teen... I think? And she's a defender of the universe, a brilliant hacker, and she kicks a ton of butt."