Just death, then. Hm. He watches her for a moment, staring her down while trying to read whatever fragment of an expression she might yield, then shakes his head.

"I won't hold the past against you if you use this as an opportunity to start fresh," he says, which is both true and fair in his opinion. "You've made a good start here already. Treat these people with kindness and help protect them, and I'll look past that family of yours."

Said firmly, almost as a sort of warning - as if he was more personally bothered by them than he is, but again, he needs her to believe he's truly from that sea.