She couldn't resist laughing. Ah. He caught her, though she never would have said it quite like that. The nice thing about him loving to hear himself talk meant that she didn't have to say as much about herself. Not because she particularly had anything to hide. It was simply that Gale and the others were significantly more interesting. Thirty plus years with herself and she was confident that any magic to do with her was long gone.

Other people, however...
Fascinating.

Tilting her head as he corrected her, Nepione's expression softened. Ah, yes. He'd spoken of his time in his tower away from the burdens of the world. Frankly, the solitude sounded nice. She was certain had she not chosen to take up the desire to travel, she would have been very content to settle in somewhere. Preferably quiet. Without prying eyes and ears.

"Observation, then," she additionally corrected herself. "People watching." And she could get behind that. At his question, she didn't immediately respond, wondering how to put it all. "I spent my younger years in the city," she confirmed for him with a short nod. "I relocated there with a theatre troupe purely by circumstance. At least, I think that's what they were. When I arrived in the city, I was taken in by a family. They raised me, clothed me, fed me, and I stayed with them until I decided to pursue the priesthood."