[ if she's important, no one can ever leave her behind! ]

[ a smile flickers on her face again when antoni nuzzles her, and she leans her head against him again. perhaps she's always wanted a pet because pets will always give you affection. ]

Then I'll have to work on that for him.

[ she considers what she wants to ask of him carefully, still wary about spooking him off. she keeps her head against antoni, idly petting him because it makes for a good distraction. ]

You told me your name was Alyx. But I know you're Cassian. [ her eyebrows wrinkle thoughtfully for a second. ] You're Cassian in my head now.

Back home, names are powerful. Important. Sometimes we have to be careful about them. [ she's gotten more lax over the years, the more angry she gets, but it doesn't change the fact that names in her godly world matter significantly. ] So I guess I just want to know... what you want me to call you? If Cassian is a secret, I can keep it one.