Her eye's widened somewhat. SIX YEARS?!?! To tell the truth, she was somewhat surprised he wasn't dead by now. He was only a child, and only looked to be about twelve or thirteen; which would mean he started drinking by the time he was six or seven... oh, goodness. What could have happened for him to start drinking at such a young age?! Didn't he have people that cared about him enough to try and stop him, or help him?
I doubt so... she thought to herself. She was silent for a few moments, biting the inside of her lip. Maria was sure that this would be somewhat hard to take care of... especially because of how long he had been drinking at this young age.
"Alright... and... um... why, exactly, did you start drinking?" she asked.