Mazey

Guards! Put the blond man in spandex in situations!

Kris: fuuuuck I've fallen into the clutches of an incomprehensibly old being. By the angel I'm really in it now. Who knows what sorts of whims and caprices this eldritch time demon might subject me to. Who knows what cruel and twisted madness might inhabit a consciousness that has lived thousands of years, watched stars flare to life and die out in the blink of an eye, to whom we are helpless playthings worth naught but a moment's amusement, to be discarded with no more thought or care than snuffing out a candle

Player: I'm like 25

Kris: oh

Young kids are also a lot more socially aware than people give them credit for. Young children are perfectly aware that adults don't take them seriously. They know when their parents don't actually like them. They listen and remember when adults talk about them while they're in the room. Kids will develop basic abilities to charm etc. from babyhood and will begin experimenting with social norms and concepts of deception, appropriate information, and acceptable language and attitudes in toddlerhood. By the time a kid is five or six, they have solid social strategies for relating to adults and separate ones fr relating to their peers, that they'll continue to refine for the rest of their lives. They will also say completely off the wall shit because they don't have the context to know what is and isn't considered super fucked up yet.

By the time a kid is eight or nine, their main difference from adults is in experience, interests, and ability for long-term focus. An eight year old can think as intelligently and coherently as a thirty year old, they just have less experience and information to draw from, and are likely interested in very different things. They're also likely still slightly hamstrung by vocabulary and literacy, though much less so than a younger kid.