#just born

i think a lot of people brush past his age due to his capability. he’s an effective killer, a better shot than most adults, and is blunt, stoic, and serious. people seem to forget that he took a shot to the arm like it was nothing too!!! it’s easy to forget that he’s just 13.

13 is younger than ellie was in part 1. 13 is just a teenager. 13, by the american school system, is a kid who’s in the 7th grade.

and lev has lost both his mother and sister in a span of about half an hour at most and had his entire world turned upside down in under a week. not to mention he was given up to be a child bride. that’s terrifying for me as an adult, i can’t imagine how scary that is to, again, a middle schooler!!

by the time he’s closer to ellie’s age in part 1, he’s a slave, beaten and worked to the bone and god knows what else. he’s been through far too much at such a young age and i never see it talked about so much as ellie’s trauma. it’s a miracle he’s still moving after seattle day 3 😕

and even then… he’d still only be in the 8th grade. lev is so little, so young, and it’s so under recognized that it shocks me!!!