( ah. that answers some questions he wasn't intending on asking but wanted answers to regardless. )

D said you were younger, but it looks like I'd overestimated you anyway.

( jason could go back and count when he'd gotten each scar, but from this distance there's not much to make out. and he knows this one has had plenty of time to adjust to a new space with--the potential for this happening. gauging his reactions doesn't give him a clear answer either. this gets him closer. )

Your little bird. The one that came with you to make sure this wasn't a trap.