Thread:Ursuul/@comment-30270234-20180813153932/@comment-28083312-20180813162215

A pair of boys showed up. The oldest might have been almost ready to take a driver’s test. The next was balanced precariously between grade school and pimples. Both had Michael’s dark hair and solid, sober expression. The younger boy almost threw himself at Molly upon seeing her, but restrained himself to a hello and a hug. The older boy only folded his arms and frowned. That’s from Proven Guilty, where Matthew is at least 2 years younger than Daniel. Then, in Small Favor : Every single person there, including myself, threw before I got to the end of aim, and snowballs sped through the air, flung by children ranging from the eldest, Daniel, who was seventeen… Small Favor was around Halloween, Turn Coat was next summer, & Changes was the next Autumn; so one year between Small Favor & Changes. Assuming Daniel goes into ASAP, he only has 6 months to get back for the events of Ghost Story that occur half a year after Harry dies, unless Daniel goes into the army after the events of Ghost Story. Either way, by the time of Bombshells Daniel as at most 19, so Matthew either isn’t 18 yet or he’s only just now turned 18 (which I think unlikely) & even if he’d joined the military the instant he turned 18, he’d still be in the military when Molly talks about the knife. But Molly says this: I slipped a hand into my nylon backpack and drew out my knife, the M9 Bayonet my brother had brought home from Afghanistan. This indicates that her brother had completed his tour & brought it back with him. There’s just no time for Matthew to have done that, & that’s if we make the big assumption that he was old enough to join the military in the first place. 90% chance it’s Daniel.