He might have exaggerated with the eighteen, but her answer had him looking at her for a moment. "Did you have any cousins? Any kids around while growing up?" he asked, casually, and very glad that he was not having a kid with her, because he might have had to hurt her for suggesting that a child should start training at that age.
"Oh that, I'm sure there are more crazy guys than anything." He wasn't sure why women would want to join the crazy branch of the military, but that was fine with him. "But to each his own, or her own. You can be tough Marine, and me and Sean can spend the evening discussing which songs to sing. It's all good."