In a world when you can die at the age of 10, our common sense does not apply.
People grow old a lot faster when facing hardships, I'd guess 15 is middle age for the continent he's on.
I don't like the message about how "you just notice someone isn't themselves anymore." No, that literally never happens, please don't break the 4th wall with crazy talk.
Fuck the A-Team, god they are obnoxious in the later chapters. There isn't even a clear way to support them and their website is cancer, a pop up scam site.
clearly something change over the years.