I only mean that my life has been... remarkably uneventful.

[mostly.]

I was sold into service when I was five years old. I worked in the house for my master - both my masters - ever since.

[He's more than happy not-mentioning the prostitution - at best, it will raise questions he's less comfortable with answering. At worst, it could make people wish to no longer associate with him; and he does fear to put at risk these fledgling friendships with too much talk of his past.]