"Certainly not!" Ghost protested, but it was Declan that clarified. To a degree.

"Oh, no. I was never a child. I mean...I was, once, but I don't remember. That was a long time ago, before all of this, before the wars...or maybe at the start or...I don't know. It doesn't matter, I don't remember. I've been Declan since Ghost found me. Well, since Commander Zavala named me when I asked for a name," he corrected himself, eating his food slowly between bits of thought and speech.