[He's making the best of a bad situation. It's not ideal to be under this pressure to tell his whole story at once, but he will absolutely take ownership of it before someone else tries.]

Back home, I told stories for a living. Mostly about mighty warriors and monsters, quests and vengeance. Some of them are from my great adventure, but I started learning more from travelers in the last two years. Legends and family histories and stories people told their children, things like that.

The stories about my father's quests are still my favorites, but people like variety. And I guess I like it, too.

[He'd rather have MORE of his father's stories to tell, but his father will never make another story to be told. Again, he has to make the best of that situation. And variety really isn't anything to sneer at.]