[The joke earns a laugh out of the dog. Never without protection, no. Not outside his dreams, anyway.]
Eighteen. Eesh. [That one's more for him than Cal. Eighteen was quite the age, in his memory.] Well, the only human kid I've ever spent much time around is 17, and barely a kid much himself anymore so... yeah, small man sounds right on the money.
[The mention of Finn is enough to stray Jake's mind back to his original purpose here.]
... You haven't seen a seventeen year old small-man-kid around, have you?
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Eighteen. Eesh. [That one's more for him than Cal. Eighteen was quite the age, in his memory.] Well, the only human kid I've ever spent much time around is 17, and barely a kid much himself anymore so... yeah, small man sounds right on the money.
[The mention of Finn is enough to stray Jake's mind back to his original purpose here.]
... You haven't seen a seventeen year old small-man-kid around, have you?