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Damon gave a little grin. "You're right...I'm not that old. I'm only 26 but I feel much older than that," Damon said with a little chuckle. Guess it was just an aspect of leading such an eventful life so far. Damon looked at Alex, and for the life of him couldn't tell how old she was. He knew she was younger than him, but in all honesty Damon was terrible at guessing people's ages. "How old are you...if you don't mind me asking," Damon asked, as nonchalantly as he could. It was always tricky business asking a woman what her age was, but Damon figured she was young enough that that whole annoyance at the question hadn't begun to set in yet.
Damon listened to Alex as she talked about the Minister of Magic and the good things about his Department and gave her a little smile. "Well thank you for that. It's nice to know there are people out there that think it's important what we do." Damon said with a smile.
Damon's eyebrows furrowed as he heard that Alex's family was giving her a hard time for moving out. "Well that's just ridiculous," Damon said with a gentle roll of the eye. "They can't keep you caged up there forever. Besides, from what I can tell you have things together, so really there's no reason for you to not be trying to move out and start things for yourself." Perhaps that was the abandoned child in Damon talking, not really having a firm experience of what it meant to have parents that cared and worried about you. Perhaps he was being a little harsh in his words, but holding someone back certainly wasn't going to help that person. "I'm not sure that there's ever a right way to deal with this. Lord knows I don't exactly go about handling my suddenly interested mother very well, but what I do know is you've got to do what's best for you, and maybe they won't support you now, but if you really focus on establishing yourself as an independent person, hopefully they'll come around."
What did they want to do now? Definitely not that bouncy castle. "If you'd like we could go and check out some of the other attractions at the carnival. Maybe a ride that's a little less...youthful?" Damon concluded with a little chuckle.
"26? That's not old at all. Nowdays, it seems like even 50 is young." Alex grinned. Ah, she was right. He was just four years older than her. She responded to his question with a small smirk. She was going to turn 22 in a couple of weeks but hey, it wouldn't hurt to tease him a little.
"Of course, I don't mind you asking. I'm 30." Alex said, with a straight face. She managed to keep the grin off her face. She wasn't sure if he would actually believe her..but yeah. She wanted to just have fun.
Um.
"You're welcome." Alex gave a smile.
"I'm sure there are many who think that what you're doing is right...." Unlike a few. Like the minister, for example. How on earth did he get elected as the most powerful wizard on earth!? Shocking.
"Ah. I'm glad you understand. You seriously should talk some sense into them. That would be fantastic." Alex said, with a laugh. Her smiled faded when she realized that what she just said..might make things a little awkward. Ugh. Why did she speak without thinking!?
"Um..sorry. That was a joke..I mean.." She muttered, feeling really stupid. Um. Moving on..
"They think..especially my dad seems to think that I'm totally irresponsible. Like, I wouldn't be able to manage things on my own." Which was ridiculous! C'mon, she was nearly 22! She nodded at his advice.
"Yeah, I guess that's what I'm going to do. I just hope that at some point they realize that I'm an adult and NOT a little kid anymore." Ugh. She was just so upset and annoyed. Ugh.
"Let's just not talk about this anymore, yeah? I don't really want to spend my time feeling depressed. We are here to have a good time, right?" She smiled, giving him a light punch on the shoulder.
Alex snorted.
"I'm not really sure there are any rides around here that aren't youthful." She looked around to find that there were kids. Everywhere. In fact, Damon and her seemed to be the only adults around.