[Manwol smiles a little -- it's a little hollow, but]

...I don't mind telling you. It's true that you're young, but you're here with the rest of us. That means you might have to endure the same things. It's not fair to you if you're kept in the dark just because others think they know better.

[age is tricky, youth is trickier. If God was a perfect being, then kids like Lila and Hope wouldn't have to go through this in the first place?? but they're not, so shielding them from the truth might just hurt them in the long run.]