"Absolutely," Byerly replies cheerily. "My father's ashes aren't going to piss in themselves, after all."

Which is glib, and obnoxious, and about all that Byerly really wants to say on the subject. There are some with whom By will speak on the topic of the Rutyers and their grotesqueries. An orphan seems like the worst possible audience. At worst, it'd be cruel to the beastie to talk of broken families, for he'd get envious; at best, he'd simply be confused and unable to understand.

"Where were you before Nascere?"