Oh, he isn't old. If he is old then we only have ten or fifteen years before we are old, and I will not be ready then.

[ There's an hourglass running out, for how long Bastien will be distracted before wanting to know if By means it, if he's doing it, if this isn't all hypothetical—

But not yet. A few more seconds. ]

Maybe he has discovered the power of cooperation and amiability.