[ He's got no clue about the pack splitting, and how it's ripped that stability out from under Derek, but one thing he is abruptly aware of is the fact that Derek's young. Younger than he is, and he never really took that into account.

Probably because he looks like a freaking thirty-five year old, but whatever. Either way, Derek's observation gets a short laugh. ]

Yeah, you'd think so, wouldn't you? It's - [ The same? Worse? It wasn't really a fair trade. ] I was gone for a year, you know. [ Except that doesn't quite sound right. ] Or it felt like it, anyway. I've been human for eighteen months, and last week was the first full moon I spent outside.