Phoenix was twenty-seven years old. There wasn't really a sizable difference between 27 and 21, but for Phoenix it was a world of a difference. In that span between his college years and his first court case, he matured incredibly and developed some cynicism as well. But all that had now been thrown out the window.
Maybe the younger Phoenix still knew what he knew now, but his mind was more flighty now, more hormonal, more... annoying. He was more talkative, ready to react to anything with strong, raging emotions.
So when he looked in his mirror and saw that he was wearing that sweater that "Dahlia" had stitched for him (which he still had, but he kept it tucked far, far away), he ended up shrieking. He looked younger too; fewer stress lines on his face, his eyes brighter with youth. So he ran out into the hallway wondering WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON????
Oct 31 and on - young!Phoenix
Maybe the younger Phoenix still knew what he knew now, but his mind was more flighty now, more hormonal, more... annoying. He was more talkative, ready to react to anything with strong, raging emotions.
So when he looked in his mirror and saw that he was wearing that sweater that "Dahlia" had stitched for him (which he still had, but he kept it tucked far, far away), he ended up shrieking. He looked younger too; fewer stress lines on his face, his eyes brighter with youth. So he ran out into the hallway wondering WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON????