"It's better that way, I find. Trouble with being a mortician is sooner or later, the face that ends up on the table is going to be the one you care about most. Turns out there truly are parts of some people I'd rather not know." Namely what their internal organs looked like, even if the answer was just like anyone else's. In that, at least, he's being completely honest, and it's more than he would normally admit. But they wanted to know the details of it, and here he was, strangely comfortable in doing so.

In truth, it was fun to see the looks on their faces. He could have been telling them a lie to see if the reaction he got was any different and he didn't think it would change. "Since we're on the topic of romance, as is most of the city, and we already know about you, milord, how have you found it to be, doctor?"