Keltham's brain does automatically generate the question 'How many dead siblings?' but it doesn't make it to mouth.

"I had an odd childhood for a dath ilani," Keltham says.  "A lot less optimized than most childhoods are.  Mom's philosophy was that she didn't need my existence to be perfect, just better than not existing.  I agree with her about that, to be clear, but still, a lot of dath ilani would be - well, actually were - politely horrified about it.  Like, lots of moving between different parts of Default - uh, that's the biggest city in Civilization where you live if you want to live around lots of options, and you don't have any particular reason to live anywhere else.  Other parents would've been worried about frequent moves disrupting my childhood relationships.  On Mom's philosophy, maybe that wasn't literally optimal for me, but I'd probably be basically fine, so she went ahead and moved any time we got bored.  Mom-and-one-kid house-module with only a couple of secret passages, one of which was in the house library and just went around a corner from one bookcase to another bookcase in the same library.  I am currently making an error and my error is that I am not eating."

Keltham resumes eating.

Keltham's brain does automatically generate the question 'How many dead siblings?' but it doesn't make it to mouth.

"I had an odd childhood for a dath ilani," Keltham says.  "A lot less optimized than most childhoods are.  My parents weren't driven to make my life as perfect as possible, just substantially better than not existing.  I agree with them about that, to be clear, but still, a lot of dath ilani would be - well, actually were - politely horrified about it.  Like, lots of moving between different parts of Default - uh, that's the biggest city in Civilization where you live if you want to live around lots of options, and you don't have any particular reason to live anywhere else.  Other parents would've been worried about frequent moves disrupting my childhood relationships.  On their philosophy, maybe that wasn't literally optimal for me, but I'd probably be basically fine, so they went ahead and moved any time they got bored.  Single-family house-module with only a couple of secret passages, one of which was in the house library and just went around a corner from one bookcase to another bookcase in the same library.  I am currently making an error and my error is that I am not eating."

Keltham resumes eating.