[Xanth looks from the ground up to the castle before them. He recalls the brick walls; the quarters he awoke in; the great keep he passed on his way to the lake; the stables he glimpsed.

Eventually, he nods.]

Y--Yeah. I-I, uh. [Sniff.] G-Grew up, i-in a p-place that had th--these.

[But that she knew that much brings up another question in Xanth's mind. He sneaks a glimpse at Kairi, wondering if maybe he can look at her as he speaks, but still he cannot. Instead, he looks to the ground in front of him.]

Th-the, um, the m-me you met b-before... w-what was he like?