[Badger? Possum?? Those are both awful choices!! But he doesn't comment on that. Mostly because of the somewhat touchy subject that's now been brought up. How to talk about this in the vaguest manner possible...]

I doubt it. Before arriving here, we had not spent any real time together. We were preoccupied with more important matters.

[And that's all there is to say on the matter. Sorry Nonon, you are not even close to the most boring glimpse into his tragic back story. Though before she tries to claim it's an excuse--]

You are still free and encouraged to ask him, however.