[oh, that's a loaded topic. she determinedly keeps any sadness out of her face and voice.]

I've always lived in large households. Many people in the Seven Kingdoms do. It's not very hard to find work in a castle if you don't like farming. Of course, I was born into it. The kitchens were massive, and the ovens had real fires. The cooks didn't like you hanging around them if you didn't work there.

[a pause.]

You're very good at gardening, for someone who says he's not a gardener.