[ He lets out some laughter. ]

Well, it's a long story.

[ And most of it is kind of pathetic, and he'd prefer to not talk about it too much. Especially to Padmé, which has been so nice to him, and on who he has - he feels like it, anyway - imparted a relatively good impression. Fabian isn't so eager to just totally smash that to bits right here! ]

But if I have to keep it to the short version.. I suppose I should say it runs in the family. My mama's side of the family are elves, you see.

[ He uses his free hand to gesture towards his pointy ears, even mid-dance. ]

They do a lot of dancing. Especially my grandpapa. I must have gotten it from him.