ladymoonstache:

I just realised something interesting.

Eto is 27 at the moment and Kaneki is 23. That means they have a four-year age gap. => So when Eto was 14, Kaneki was around 10.

The age of 14 was a very important period for Eto’s life. That’s the time she created the Aogiri Tree and became Takatsuki, both of which are things that changed her life forever.

At the same time, Kaneki was 10 and something life-changing happend to him too ‒ he lost his mother and got adopted by his aunt.

Basically, both of them went through experiences that changed them in one way or another 13 years ago.