[Ah. She can’t help the way her gaze drifts away momentarily, but she tries to dismiss it with a smile when her attention snaps back up to him.]

Nothing to do with parents. [A slight shake of her head.] It was a complete accident of chance, to be honest. I had some budding talent as a child, and someone from the opera company overheard me singing one day… And it was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.

[She’s lucky it turned out to be something she genuinely enjoyed. The desperation to change her life could have led her anywhere.]