He stifled another sigh, drinking his tea to cover his rising frustration. If he kept avoiding the question then she would end up thinking he was some kind of fugitive running from the police. Technically he was a criminal, but that wasn't the reason why he needed to assume different identities. If he'd been born in a hospital like everyone else, he would have had an actual name and identification of his own, meaning he wouldn't have needed to break the law in the first place. He didn't know if that Oh meant she understood or not, but he decided to respond as though she did. "Because I was a problem, and people tend to hide their problems and deny their existence rather than deal with them."
Music was one of those wary subjects, since Bran wasn't sure if her belief that the voice she heard was a hallucination was strong enough to keep her from suspecting it was him. "That wasn't entirely a lie. Instead of taking lessons, I had to teach myself."