After chatting with the two teens for a while, Yoze was able to gather their names. The oldest teenager was Zeke Griffin, the local blacksmith's son, and he was 15 years old. And the youngest teenager was his Leak Griffin, who had recently turned 13 years old.
As for the teenager who had run away at first sight of Yoze, his name was Yek Thunderbird. Even though he wasn't the youngest among the trio, he was unfortunate to inherit his father's small height.
With the small amount of time that Yoze talked with these kids, he found that he was right that the town was experiencing a rapid growth spurt. When Yek was a small child, he remembered that the town was much smaller and only had around a hundred people at most.
However, in the next ten years, he experienced the town's rapid growth and enjoyed the benefits of rapid modernization. Not only did the town's child mortality drop drastically, but everything related to people's health also improved.
