[His first instinct is to lie. He has a natural talent for it after all, acquired by both ancestry and practice. But this is not England and his status as a halfbreed bastard does not seem to have as much bearing. In fact, the creatures who escorted him to this place appear to have ascribed to him his father and cousin's princely state. What's the harm in a little truth?

It's obvious though that he doesn't speak this particular truth often and honesty sits awkwardly in his speech.]

I rendered a service to one of their princes when I became rector of Allhope. In payment he took it upon himself to discover more of my ancestry and later revealed to me that a cousin of his had seduced my mother some years earlier and was my father. After that I was often a guest at his house until he forced my hand by threatening several ladies of my acquaintance.

[Perhaps one of the more unsettling testaments to his peculiar background is just how calmly and offhandedly he can refer to the murder of his cousin.]