Broken Antler Fen half of my heart

Eljay didn't run into Penn, but instead was distracted with meeting someone else. This guy seemed pretty chipper, and started off by saying he was new. Well, that makes two of us, Eljay said. After a moment he realised that Tambourine'd also said his name and so he added the unnecessary clarification: Being new, that is. My name isn't Tambourine. It might've seemed like a joke, but Eljay was completely serious as he said it, not really realising that it could be interpreted as funny.

A slew of nicknames followed, and Eljay easily settled on 'Tam', because that seemed like the easiest to remember. Nice to meet you. I'm Eljay. He didn't have an impressive list of nicknames, himself. How'd you find Brecheliant? He himself had come here because of Maia, of course, and Eljay wondered if maybe Tambourine came here for someone else too.