User blog comment:1NF3RNO/To Start or To Continue?/@comment-4080028-20121030160652/@comment-4080028-20121030190101

Yep, I was right. Lys was a revolutionary for 5 years. Then became a mercenary for 2 years. She was a slave when she was 13, and then some untold amount of time passed until she became a revolutionary.

So if I work out some math here, I think I might try to figure something out. Hope it helps.