'just look at it this way: it took my brother 8 years to figure things out. 8 years! he's almost 30.'
i looked away, then i looked back. 'no he's not.'
'yeah he is. he's 26. well, he's gonna be 26.'
'that's nowhere near 30.'
'yes it is.'
'well what does that make us then? 25?'
'yeah.' pause. [retrospective for the not-so-distant statement.] 'we're almost 30.'
