[ she thinks about this for a while, not responding to porthos directly. she does feel a little embarrassed for assuming, and she's grateful that he mostly brushes over it. ]

I was too young to remember them when my parents died, too. Though I suppose it mattered little since my uncle couldn't turn me out.

[ this gives her a little bit of an idea of porthos, though there are still a lot of missing pieces. she studies him before beginning her signature tactless investigations. ]

Did you not have other family for your dinners? Where did you go? You must have eaten something.