I'm a human with a reasonable concern for his own mortality, so - yes, yes I am. How did you learn to-- cavort upon roof tops and church steeples? I am under the impression that you and your sister dealt with zealots. Do they likewise cavort?
For a personal reason, I was a baby when I was taken. Both my parents have since died, and I had no memories of them. For political reasons, my-- real father was the previous Emperor of Quur. Claiming him as family in an official capacity would be-- fraught. And frankly fruitless, as I have no intention of ruling nor do I wish to delegitimize the current Empress. Finally, the House affords me privilege that I can and am taking advantage of to clean it up. House D'Lorus controls the dissemination of knowledge in both book and educational form, thus being able to exert real change on this sorry empire is possible. My close friends know of the truth; it is irrelevant to nearly anyone else.