He called after me, How old am I, Maya?I turned. How the hell should I know? Whatever you've told the school, I'm sure it's a lie anyway.I'm sixteen, just like you. Or like you will be tomorrow, from what I heard. My birthday was last month.Congratulations. I started walking again. I'll send you a card next year, if you hang around that long, which I doubt.
In Kelley Armstrong's "The Gathering," a conversation reveals the uncertainty between two characters regarding age and identity. One character questions his age, showing a sense of confusion or disconnection from his own timeline. The other responds with skepticism, indicating that any information provided to the school might be misleading, emphasizing a theme of uncertainty and mistrust that runs throughout the narrative.
The interaction highlights their shared experience of being sixteen, yet...
