Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7526254-20170430003451/@comment-4260948-20180418120103

As far as I'm aware, Adam has never said anything about Henry being 19. Nightlily's timeline points out that "Note that in the USA, people usually graduate high school when they're eighteen, but since Henry was born in August 2001 and the present day events of "Hyperion Heights" take place in October 2017, he can't be older than sixteen when he leaves Storybrooke. However, I've been told that there is actually no age you must be in the US to graduate high school, all you have to do is have completed all the required courses that your school district (which includes state and federal guidelines) requires." So if Henry finished them *early* and did leave, as Nightlily suggests, at 16 - then it's possible he *wasn't* 19. There's also the fact that Nick mentions he bought Henry his first drink on his nineteenth birthday, implying Henry is younger than 19 when he leaves. Combined with Gideon's birthday party, which I believe Henry is said to be attending, he's somewhere between the ages of 16 and 18 when he leaves Storybrooke. Added to that is this: "A major plot point in The Eighth Witch" is that Henry's daughter Lucy is eight years old when the curse is cast, but according to Adam Horowitz, she is ten years old during the current day events in Seattle. This seems to indicate that Lucy and the others have lived in Seattle for two years when she is reunited with Henry, but since the present day events in Seattle begin in October 2017, this would mean that Henry left Storybrooke in 2015, something which seems unlikely, since Regina states that he has finished high school, and Henry was born in August 2001, making him fourteen years old in 2015. But no matter what, minimum two years pass between the Storybrooke events of "The Final Battle Part 2" and the present day events of "Hyperion Heights" (read my notes for "Hyperion Heights" for more information). This indicates that time moves much, much quicker (at least four times as quick) in New Fairy Tale Land." which fits and makes sense with Emma, Hook and Regina's lack of aging.

So that fits for them - as for Alice, we know they're keeping track of something as the number of days Alice says she's been in the tower for *is* correct for seventeen years.