For all he knows, she's correct about that. Spirits seem to be ageless. They can be made to disappear and surely appeared first at one point, but they don't age, and many probably aren't intelligent enough to really accumulate mental age through experience.

But thing is, he isn't a spirit. Well, not really. Partially or something, but his primary and birth body is still physical. It's more like he has a special connection.

"No."

And he's not going to elaborate on that without further prompting, but at least the outburst seems to be over?