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[trueempress]

How old must you be to be an adult?

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[namedforcat]

I believe the age here is 18. Why?

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[trueempress]

I am ruling a country at eleven. I have been in war. I dislike being treated as a child.

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[namedforcat]

I know, it's frustrating that when you've done all those things that an adult would shy away from, they still treat you as if you can do nothing and have done nothing.

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[trueempress]

Shall I really have to wait another seven years to be respected?

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[namedforcat]

Legally yes, though some might be persuaded with displays of mature attitude.

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[trueempress]

I can manage that.

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[namedforcat]

Other then that I have little other advice to offer beyond 'wait patiently' and 'try not to get too annoyed at the head pats'.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

Thirteen, where I come from.

[trueempress]

That is fortunate.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

It's just what happens...

[trueempress]

Even so, not everywhere are children so lucky.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

Like the human world, right? 18 or 21 or whatever it is here is weird.

[trueempress]

What could possibly require so many years of study?

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[smothersome]

In the times where I come from, you are an adult when you can take on adult responsibilities and behave thus. So it shall be, so it is.

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[trueempress]

Then your times are wiser than this place, in some respects.

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[smothersome]

As to that, I gather it is the intention to allow those below a certain age to act as children for as long as possible. They seem to believe that children are 'harmed' by becoming adult too soon, at least according to the books I have read.

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[trueempress]

When someone is already an adult, is it not more harmful to continue to treat them as a child?

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[smothersome]

I agree. Dismissing the young as unintelligent or incapable is a fool's action. If someone is an adult in mind but not in body, that does not make them less of an adult.

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[trueempress]

That is quite the sensible approach.

My name is Sanaki, empress and apostle of Begnion. I ask of you your name.

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[galacticbunny]

Depends.

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[trueempress]

On?

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[galacticbunny]

if you mean legally or not.

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[trueempress]

I would be interested in both answers.

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[galacticbunny]

before i answer, y?

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[trueempress]

At home I rule a country, lead a religion, and am the most important person on the continent bar none. Here, I am in elementary school.