[ There's a lot of evading happening here. He's definitely not comfortable talking about his life before he was turned and truth be told, he's barely mentioned it to anyone in over a century. Really not worth mentioning, that pathetic failure of a poet but... maybe he could give her some tid bits.
After another pause he speaks up with great reluctance. ]
I was born in London... lived with my dear old mum. Dru came along and turned me in 1880. [ He turns his head to look at her. The wardens already announced this to the whole dome earlier this morning, so there's no harm in telling her. ]