Hamlet stretched happily with nostalgia. âI have oft said a man is no true Londoner an he were not here on the day Sir Walter and Queen Liz drove back thâArmada. What sayest thou, Thomas? Wert thou then here?â
âAlas, on that day I lived in my fatherâs house,â Overbury said solemnly, âfor I was but six years of age.â
Hamlet blanched and nearly fell from his seat, but before [Fortinbras] could properly enjoy in his rivalâs discomfiture he heard a giggle beside him, and out of the clear blue sky Ophelia struck a still more shocking blow: âEâen if I had been in London, I should not remember that day, for I was, good sirs, two year old.â
âGentle Ophelia, thy words are as poison in mine ears,â groaned Hamlet, his seat regained and his eyes closed with the serenity of Marcus Aurelius. As much as [Fortinbras] hated to admit it, he and Hamlet were on the same side. How could it be that there were people roaming this earth, speaking, rational people, who were not even upright beasts when God smote the Armada? Hamlet shared a mournful glance with him and asked, âWhen did the Lord begin to make men so young?â
[Fortinbras] shrugged. âI fear he hath merely made us old.â
âNay, that cannot be, that cannot be! Is my visage wilted and I none the wiser? Look, look, I pray thee, and say if my beard is gone grey! Oh, strumpet Fortune, let me not be old!â
excerpt from hamlet isekai, in which our hero learns that being in your early 30s means that people in their 20s are younger than you
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