She doesn't begrudge the laughing, honestly. She does do those on purpose. The context of how people see her matters, and they see a small child. She acts the part sometimes, but that's mostly to amuse herself.

"Yes, I'm sure people do that." She's pretty sure he's gotten some level of- special treatment, but babying doesn't feel the right term for it. Pretty white guys get to do a lot of shit they want. "Ask me next week and it's seventeen."

Which is to say she's sixteen today.