"Look, buddy," he says. He's holding his hands out like he's placating an animal, but his voice is much too light, "I'm not saying it'll happen, but there's that possibility that someone will look at you and see you as an asset--it wouldn't surprise me if Cadens and that military of theirs thinks about child soldiers."

Which he isn't trying to imply that Wilhelm is a child (again), but it's not his fault that's the common terminology. No one bellows about teenage soldiers.