[ She takes a deep breath. This is going to be a trial, she can tell. ]

I think part of the issue is that asking something like that of a person, especially in my position, can be more than a little impolite. the particulars of the "what" aren't usually relevant, aside from how they define how a person is who they are.

I'm a bipedal insect from a former intergalactic tyrannical empire of bipedal insects, only our planet is dead and our empire has collapsed, leaving just a handful of survivors. I'm also part of a subdividsion within that species which develops into bioluminescent vampires who spend our lives caring for giant moths because our species aren't capable of producing young without them.

That's the "what", but how much does that really tell you about me?