3. Video

[sleepallthewayhome]

[Newt appears on the screen again. She's back to looking nervous but this time for a different reason. She's sitting on the ground with stuffed ponyta toy in her lap.]

Hi...um I just had a question about....birthdays.

Mine was last week. But when I was home I'd already had my birthday for the year. So am I eight now? Or am I still seven.....

Was I six the entire time I was here and didn't realize it? I don't know how it works....I just want to know how old I am.

[She's confused okay.]

Comments

[Video]

[tearsofademon]

[Here, have a sleepy man brushing a sleeping Komala.]

Not that I'd really know, but I don't think there's any kind of standard for counting it around here, so I'd go with whatever feels right to you.

[...he's trying to be helpful, really]

[Video]

[maybeitsmabelline]

[Mabel is thinking hard about this one, arms crossed as she reclines on a bench, tongue sticking out of the corner of her mouth.]

I think..you should go with what feels right...but celebrating your birthday twice over! Double cakes! And double presents!

[notclearwater]

Well, your birthday itself can be just.. a celebration with friends. Then, when your age technically should change it would just change over. You know? Your birthday is special, but.. but a lot of people say age is just a number.

Video;

[schachmeister]

To be honest, I was in the same sort of situation when I first arrived here.

In my opinion, your exact age isn't really what makes a birthday important, so you'd probably be fine referring to yourself in whatever way you wish. If it was close to your birthday back home, you could call yourself older, but if it was still far away, you can keep calling yourself seven and simply add a year the next time your birthday happens.