[Two-thousand years old? He's been interested in older. And it's a 'technically'. So he snickers.]

Really, you just claiming that so someone can tell you that you've aged gracefully? Come on, share your real age. I'll go first, I'm twenty-five, if you don't consider the whole temporal double-time I've sort of lived. I'm not trying to chase you off by saying I'm old, Balthier. I'm trying to point out that I've passed away. Multiple times. It just hasn't sort of stuck yet.

[There, fully blunt. He's expecting the guy to run off now, then maybe reconnect and talk via some social media later.]