[ daylight laughs again, more embarrassed this time around while he rubs the back of his neck. man, this guy is pretty sharp! and in more ways than one. most might have guessed or noted his age but none have ever outright said it before. ]

You got me there. I think I left home when I was... [ he cocks his head side to side like the answer will tumble out faster if he does so. gosh, it's been so long since he thought of his life before joining the lornful light.

he then makes a waving gesture with one hand, keeping the other lingering on the back of his neck. daylight is clearly trying to put on the facade of someone being super casual. it will not be difficult to see right through it. ] Maybe fourteen-years-old, if I had to put an age? Thirteen at the least? Joined the starship proper when I was sixteen-years-old, the equivalent of it at least, and haven’t looked back since.

[ okay... time to do a transition! because, um, he can tell that information he gave is going to be alarming to some and would rather dodge it, for now. ] So! Space! What do you want to know about it exactly?

[ a smooth attempt to do a transition, surely. ]