
im pretty sure the reason why commander rejected hawen is because if they did date it would be a power imbalance and also they were both in the military on the field so they could have died at any time and that kind of misery and sadness would be too hard to handle but lets go back to the power imbalance. hawen was a solder and commander was well.. a commander. hawen could of gotten promoted so they could be on equal footing but then it would seem like he didnt really deserve it. and in that sort of environment its best to wait till your not in that sort of environment or workplace to actually get into a relationship so it doesnt seem like a power dynamic issue. so commander waiting to confess to him after they both got out of the military was actually the best move for both of them but it was also kinda at the expense of hawens feelings sadly :[

“did you agree to go out with him?” “what? of course not i turned him down” BITCH BITCH BITCH HE LIKES YA BACK THE MAN YOUVE BEEN PINNING AGTER FOR LIKE 12 YEARS SAYS HE LIKES YOU BACK WHAT THE FUCK WHY WOULD YOU TURN HIM DOWN YOH DUMB BITCH BRRRROOOOOOOOO
okay okay im done now im done. im calm im calm(spoiler: im not)

okay so hero is 5 because thats how long shes existed. mentally and physically shes an adult and most of the time know whats goin on. im sayin most because sometimes she doesnt but thats okay and normal because other adults dont understand or catch on in some situations so thats okay.
but if i would give a guess i feel like each year shes existed she was/reached a certain stage of life or age that humans do. like year 1 she reached age of 5(if were sayin 1 year shes existed shes aged 5 years) then year two she reached the human equivalent of 10 and so on and so forth. that means since shes 5 shes 25 years old in human years.
im pretty sure mage knows this but like cant really process it and instead has been usin his magic to hide or block out his feelings towards hero. he likes her yes but he cant seem to accept that she also likes him back and i think that stems from and insecurity he obtained from before he joined the party like in childhood either because of his magic or looks or something else i dunno but thats my guess lol
love how she just instantly started to squish his ass lol i would 10000000% do the same thing he has such a nice ass