It's most likely true. He thinks he's still a little young for pronounced wrinkles. Sometimes he thinks there are more of them when he's smiling, but it's not important. He's only a tad self-conscious about it, at the same time as it's sort of a wonder. Aging is a strange experience.

Even stranger is the perspective it gives you. Or maybe that's simply what he's been through.

"If I were to guess, it's been about nine years for me."

Plenty of time to mature. Becoming a parent tends to help a lot, he's learned. Or at least he thinks it helped for him.