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The answer confuses him at first, simply because it does not apply to him at all. But then he realizes that he'd been mistaken in expecting it to; he'd asked about Firestorm's reason. And now that he's heard it, confusion sweeps his interest in that direction, and for once he forgets his own feelings.
What do you mean? He asks, finding himself unable to comprehend the idea of not making those decisions for himself. A beat later, he adds, You have a name now too, I gave you one. Do you dislike it?