[Maybe the first ever and last ever time someone asks about Vandesdelca Musto Fende's history and giggles. He hesitates over that, with a pensive expression; but he can't shake the lingering feeling that if he can't tell this woman, then who can he tell?]
My past is largely... unpleasant. [As is his present, and his future.] But for you, if you truly wish to know...
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My past is largely... unpleasant. [As is his present, and his future.] But for you, if you truly wish to know...