Miles hesitates. Will his story ring untrue if he does? He's suddenly quite desperate for someone to know the truth, especially this pretty young woman that he's reasoably certain isn't actually related to him. (Well, no more than the rest of the current Vor anyway, and probably less so given both their Betan heritages.) But ... he's also quite certain she'll be sharp enough to figure him out if there are any holes.

What the hell. He'll risk it.

"My mother was poisoned by soltoxin while she was pregnant with me," he says. "Collateral damage - some Vor lord had been the true target. She was cured but..." A faint shrug. "It did terrible things to my bones as a result."