Swiftcurrent Creek ten things i hate about you

"It's not my true name," Nefarious told her, rather than sharing said name. Bazi cocked a brow at the secrecy but did not push for more information. What was so important about a name? She had shed her own several times, and had no qualms about informing others of the fact - but nobody put much stock in surnames, and it had never come up. Maybe it was just a very, very ugly name - like.. Glork. Or Pundisnuff.

Mention of Scimitar stole her breath for a moment, but she snapped up the thread of conversation before the silence became awkward. "I figured it'd be something like that," she told him, "Help me get this back to where it belongs, will you? Then you can tell me about the worst trouble you got in, so that I've got something to fight back with if you ever think about telling on me." Bazi flashed him a mischievous grin and seized her belly stand-in by the ankle.

We can fade or continue, I don't mind! :)