"Wha? That sounds- Lass, do yew knew how crazy that sounds? Without a chaperone? Says who? Don't say yer damned grandmother either. Even tha vampire sounds younger than yew. Oblivious, but younger though, and he's old enough to be yer great-great-grandther Ah bet.
"Yew have been good. Ah'm just askin', that's all." He couldn't believe he was still talking, maybe possibly arguing her about it, but it sounded silly. He almost wished she'd just think for herself and not repeat something some old woman he never met had said.