[ Pre technological? What does that even mean. But the rest of it is more familiar. ]

I was turned out when I was eighteen. My father— [ he frowned ] was very strict about my education. But he'd never had me taught how to cook. After I ran out of money I could spend in taverns, I thought I would starve. I killed my horse but I didn't know how to butcher it.

[ He shakes his head. Maybe he'd had too much to drink. ]

I wasn't lying when I said I don't like swords.