... you-- you mean you're not a year old yet? No way! I never thought I'd meet someone else like me. [ she sounds considerably more cheerful now, at least ] Um -- I guess it feels nice, but I wouldn't have thought of it as important unless you told me about birthdays. But-- um-- [ she's dying to know how Luka's so young but looks so old, but doesn't know how to ask, oh man. ]