"Not in the same situation, no."

It's not...really an answer.

And Esme deserves one. Carlisle responded to Edward when he asked, after all.

"I lived with the Volturi for a time." Esme has heard the name mentioned and explained after the messenger came to Pittsburgh, but not...truly the scope of Carlisle's involvement.

She probably still won't get it here.

"They did not exactly approve of my choice of diet, so I moved on."