[He doesn't like being called 'kid'. People have to earn the right for that - he attacked Shayera for it, and he rejects a lot of Jim's attempts to treat him like a subordinate. People in the Corps call him 'kid' but they respect him. He isn't less than they are, he's just their little brother and they let him be a child, when he needs to. But from a stranger? It's the height of condescension, and if he wasn't watching himself carefully he would bristle with barely-contained rage.]
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[Instead, firmly, and politely, he replies:] No.
[End of discussion.]