Given that Bothari served as Miles' bodyguard until he was seventeen... Miles got fished out of all kinds of wild situations. Especially after the age of five.

Miles frowns a bit as he watches Daryl's face. Just different enough from the usual disgust he doesn't recognize it but... people tend to have a look in their eye the first time they really, truly look at his unusual body. Anyway, he doesn't care to explain right this second anyway. "Just so," he says. "In a village not far from here. It's called Silvy Vale."