Oh -- [ she waves a dismissive hand ] Not about your age, I figured as much. I'm somewhere between a few hundred and several thousand years old. [ Quite a range, isn't that? ]

I more meant going so long without affection. I get lonely and twitchy after a few days. There's a reason I keep so many partners. [ She doesn't even know how many, who keeps track of such things? ]

I'm surprised by the term "hatch", though. I thought I was the only one who used that word. Do you also hibernate in a chrysalis?