Well, some people like to forget they have wings. They're also very sensitive and sometimes having them under a shirt helps keep them from being bumped or caught on things.

[Vash stuffs his hands into his pockets when Knives says he doesn't need any help and hums at the boy's next set of questions.]

Not too far away. There's a teleporter up the beach a little ways it will get us pretty close to where they are without having to walk the whole way. As for my age?

[He grins a bit shyly. He doesn't usually just blurt out his age to just anyone.]

Ah, I'm actually over a hundred and thirty now.

[He's just... going to let that sink in a little.]