Hmm… would you prefer I used a different word? ‘Wise’? ‘Experienced’? An ‘old soul’?

[He listed them off on his fingertips.] Either way, it isn’t something one would naturally possess. You have knowledge, but there’s… something else too. Deeper than that.

[For all Frieda might blame herself, Hanako saw it too - that same sense they shared of having seen and experienced far too much for their years.]