Eighty... Lexa was eighty years old...
She didn't look like that at all, and Shizu was clearly the first one to show her disbelief as she coughed into her hand.
"Is there something wrong, Lady Shizu?" the mage asked with a frown.
"N-Nothing!" Shizu weakly stuttered out, her voice still cracking at the sudden revelation. "It's just that... I thought you were in your twenties or something."
"Oh? Why would you think I'm a kid when I'm already fully grown?" Lexa asked with genuine confusion. "Are two also not adults?"
"What Shizu meant to say was that we were surprised that you're... significantly older than us," Riku stated after a while, deciding to just stop mincing his words. Still, perhaps it was just the nature of the Deep Blue giving people extended lifespans. "If I may ask, what's the expected life expectancy here?"
