Soren had to laugh at that. "Yes, well, I think so, too," he said with a grin. "But not much like my siblings."
Then he turned his mind to what she'd said before. Already he was beginning to relax a little after the mishap that morning. A dangerous prospect. But he had to remind himself that he didn't have any other, ill intentions with this girl. He was just bringing her to a safe town, where she could return. He wasn't... it wasn't like the other time, this time. What was the harm, as long as he didn't reveal too much to her, of getting a little more familiar?
Famous last words, he thought, but shrugged it away for the moment.
"Aha, so you're an heiress," he said, with just the slightest tone of teasing in his voice. "Now I know I should ask for double, once we get you to safety," but however crass the comment was, he said it with a disarming grin. He didn't mean it. Well, maybe he did, but what did it matter? Of course, Soren didn't know just what kind of heir she meant, and he imagined in that moment that it was a monetary inheritance that she worried over. He wouldn't have guessed what she really meant! "And no siblings, then? But you don't worry that hopefully a long time from now, when your father passed, your claim to your inheritance would be challenged by a more distant family member who was related by blood? If you look as different as you claim, then it can't be too big of a secret, after all. If you had siblings, they might respect your claim more than some greedy second-cousin."