... He can't help but laugh a little bit at that. "I'm not really an adult, but I'm more adult than you are, I guess." Even though he's taken on a lot of adult responsibilities, he's still only sixteen. Still, that's longer than he expected to live. "You can tell me if I'm being too pushy."

He's got a lot of issues with pushy adults, after all. He never wants to be like that.