[The unexpected question that started this conversation had caught him off guard, but this was a party, right? He doesn't want to be a downer. He looks at Marcille now, a slight fond smile on his face as he nods.]

Yes. My whole life. Though it wasn't until later that I started aiming to warn a title.

[He thinks on that second question for a moment, though.]

Hard to say. Life in the Kuzunoha village was all I knew. I know my upbringing was different than others. I didn't realize how much so until I got to high school in the Capital, and met other boys my age.