[Ariadne had honestly expected a mention of his parents. She knew that they'd died when he was young and would explain the general insomnia as a kid. What he said, though, was something completely different and it felt like it almost fell flat on her ears; it was definitely a lie. She wasn't sure what had warranted it either as, so much as she knew, he'd been pretty open with her about himself. Or so she'd thought.]

As a kid?