Do elves normally ask a lady their worst life experience?

[ . . . But fine, he revealed his secret, as stupid as it was, she can... ]

Two hundred years ago, vampires were forced to flee Europe. [ She says this in a haughty tone, factual, like it's something to brag about, mostly to mask her own emotions on the subject ] The inquisition and the church turned on us, and the humans found our manors and burned them to the ground. Everyone who didn't make it onto that boat died.