I'm sure you wondered why I never told you. Or anyone, really.

[Aside from some general love of secrets, he had his reasons. Namely--]

I don't want people to see me as a noble. Or as a king. Or as someone from Fódlan, Almyra, or wherever. My entire life has been dictated by people judging me on how I was born, where my parents came from, and I thought that here, I could have the freedom to be myself, regardless of social standing or birthplace.

[Yet now, instead of nations or social classes, there are dividing lines like 'Meridian', or 'Zenith', or 'Shardbearer'. He could almost laugh if it weren't so bleak.]

So... it doesn't bother me that you're not human, or what your station was in your world. I consider you my equal, no matter what.