[ Miles nods sharply at that. ]

I had to be placed in a uterine replicator to save my life. What height and mobility I have now is purely due to the intervention of doctors while I was still technically unborn.

[ Softer, a little more uncertain. ]

A lot of things could have gone wrong. My grandfather tried to kill me a few times, which resulted in me being moved to a safer facility. And kidnapped from it as well. Supposedly my mother beheaded the Pretender himself in an effort to get me back safely. And it was a very near thing even then.