"Beats the alternative."

"When I'm done in here they're going to have a crew ready to follow me around."

"Good for them."

"And this'll make the Federation give up on arresting you?"

"That's the hope. I think it will work."

Nod.

"Anyway, I propose the name for our - kind - be 'Bells'."

"I suppose that makes sense."

"It's an English word, Iobel. Bell. Did that work -"

"Oh. Cute."

"It's so weird how that works."

"Your name isn't obviously similar to the others. Aitim is just Maitimo with a sound missing from the start and end, but..."

"Yeah, where'd I get an 'r'? 'Nistar' and 'Kantil' are both sort of related to 'Carnistir' if you squint and remember Anitami changes its rs into ls, but if we only had the two they'd seem completely unrelated. Maybe there is a missing intermediate my-template name."

"Sample size of three our pattern is '"bel" sound somwhere', 'M and R in that order in secondary personal name', 'surname if applicable means "swan"'."

"Definitely the weirdest feature of the multiverse. It's an awesome one, though."

"We think so too!"

"You would!"

"I am great and everywhere should have me."

"Well, three out of four so far - Maitimo'd probably have noticed if there was an Elf you -"

"Probably. Could be an orc. Probably not a Dwarf, I feel like that would have been noticeable."

"Dwarf you'd have gotten involved during the war?"

"I think so. At least after I pestered them."

"Well, lucky for them they got one of you anyway."

"Thanks."

"How are you expecting the Federation to figure you out?" he asks T'Mir.