You say that like I didn't see it every day, father.

[ He shot him annoyed look. ]

I may have been removed from it, but having to learn at a very early age to never give my last name out to people I didn't know, because I was the first freeborn son of my family and I could still be mistaken for a slave, leaves a different kind of mark behind.

[ He may have had an easier life if his aunt and uncle gave him their name, but part of him was glad they hadn't. ]