I did. In many ways, it worked. As for me being a child soldier...

[Turning to Brig with another smile.]

In the Fourth World, you were a man the moment you could walk if you were one of the Awakened at birth. There was no real conception of 'child' for people like us. If you could serve, you served. Furthermore, discipline and rigorous training helped us keep our powers in check, and our heads in the game.