And what standards are those, exactly? By way of comparison, the most long-lived race I've yet encountered on my own star lives around three hundred years. I'm curious how they'd measure up to you and yours.

[At that latter part, though, his smile widens, and turns a little more knowing.]

Funny, that — the way delinquents have a habit of making something of themselves, when given a chance by someone who believes in them.