Oh, no, I— I'm an orphan, actually, so I'm quite familiar with them myself.

[He thinks that might be the easiest he has said that in his entire life? Though he did say it a little fast. But his automatic reaction to not sound stupid—who wouldn't have heard of an orphanage though—beat out his need to hide personal information this time.]

I'm just... surprised. Culturally, it was more something you never spoke about or acknowledged. But I've found people here are fine with it.