It's still a name. If you don't like it, you can always change it. So long you decide for yourself, they won't take you from you.

[It takes time, she figures, and this place doesn't offer a lot of it. But he can at least try and see how it goes.]

Sure.

[She takes one of the boards nearby and steps closer, pressing it against the window and wall. Giving him a critical look, she hums.]

'Atall' is a nice name. It means 'fierce'. I knew a Vastayan, tall and broad as a mountain. The family named him "Lind" for he shielded everyone.