Miles finds himself grinning, despite the dangerous road he's treading with this conversation. No one ever told him that Sonia Vorbarra was so spirited.

"None whatsoever, I swear it," he says. "My mother took me from the Dendarii hill area when I was just a baby. Raised me in Vorbarr Sultana. And then Beta Colony, briefly."

A bit of a stretch, but hopefully not a ridiculous one. And most importantly, it hews quite closely to the truth - if not the whole truth.