[His step-sibling, of course that was confirmed easily enough.] Quite an unusual height even in my day and I'm fairly certain that the average height of a typical man is still well under your own.

[He's... way too nice. Or is this just being polite? Hm.

Either way, he's going to take the seat as instructed, but never once taking his gaze off of the shade.]

I heard it from Dio, actually. [Plain. Blunt. Simple. He'll let those words sit for a moment before he continues.] While your life may have been short, I can assure you that at the very least he still spoke of you from time to time. [And he's quite glad that Jonathan's a shade right about now, it makes this whole thing a lot less awkward, if he were being honest.] Though he's long since gone in my time, himself.