[Mikey gapes at their not all being the same age, weren't they all babies together? That's how it works, right? But apparently not everywhere]

[Even worse, Mikey didn't realize the mistake he'd made at first, not until he trails off to notice that Donnie was hugging the dragon, and- And Mikey slowly rewinds what he'd said and blanches, realizing what he must've done]

Oh crud oh crud, Don, I didn't mean to-

[He starts to reach out towards Donnie but stops partway there, his hand hovering for a few seconds before he lets it fall] I shouldn't've- [His face crumples, and he drew back. His own Leo or Donnie or heck, even Raph would've known what to do. He was always screwing up, and he doesn't know how to fix it. If it were anybody else, he'd have offered a hug, but Donnies didn't like those...]