Alyxander glanced up as he heard the question. "19 sir." He answered. "Barely turned 19." He listened to the rest of what was being said with a patient, though edgy expression. He still expected a scolding. But as time went on he realized that wasn't going to happen. "You seem to have misunderstood my past a bit... I was never a fighter. I don't like to fight and honestly Johnathan would have beaten me to death without me even so much as resisting. Had Kate not been in danger of being hurt, or so I thought." He spoke somewhat quietly, lowering his gaze again. But it didn't stay on the ground for long. Alyx glanced to the older man as he continued, saying of what he intended from all of this; for him to teach Johnathan. "I am grateful for your forgiveness... I had been afraid you would punish me as so many times before. So used to being beaten am I, after years of abuse."