Age is naught but a number - possibly not even a well-remembered number, at that - and it was thoughts such as those that had a thirty-something year old's eyes lighting up as if the boy were offering him the chance to study a kaiju up close and personal with no strings attached.

"How can you have a look at it while it's running? Are there panels on the insides of buses? Will you really be able to tell if it just needs more fluid or if there's something actually broken off? Oh, that is spectacular. You lead the way, I'll follow."

... And, supposedly, don't worry a tick about him being bored, as the possibility, even considering the other's assertions, doesn't even seem to register with him.