[Ithaqua gives a shrug. How old is he, really? He doesn't know, but he doesn't care.]

I'm no human. I remember my twentieth birthday, but that was long ago. [The truth about his birth hadn't been revealed yet, because his mother commented on the milestone.]

And my face-- you've seen it, hmm? I look like your peer rather than your elder. I've not aged in about that long, as well. So, no need for intensive training when you are like me.

Not that I shall suggest that one becomes like me, mind. I am a monster, it is simply not obvious right now.