Dragoncrest Cliffs keep it 100

He gives her an easy alternative to his name. Verx. Easy enough. Plus, it’s nice not having to explain she’s not Furi and why she changed (back) and yadda yadda yadda.

“Uh, yeah,” she answers, though she hadn’t really wanted to bring up Heda. She’s still too nervous about what might happen. He doesn’t add anything else though before speaking in their native tongue and Mallaidh smiles. She understand the simple statement well enough but she’s not great at it so she shrugs her shoulders. “A little bit, uh, I’m not very good at holding a conversation.”