[ The person in question really was a mess, and she misses him dearly. She doesn't bother with a correction on the present tense, but she feels it like a dull jab.
She wonders a little why this man might need to know her name — maybe there's some kind of name-based magic or curse out there? — but unless this person is a phenomenal actor, she can't detect any malice or artifice to his question. ]
... Gray.
[ SHe really can't be so rude as to leave his question unanswered, whatever the sitation, but she doesn't go so far as to ask for his name in return. ]
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She wonders a little why this man might need to know her name — maybe there's some kind of name-based magic or curse out there? — but unless this person is a phenomenal actor, she can't detect any malice or artifice to his question. ]
... Gray.
[ SHe really can't be so rude as to leave his question unanswered, whatever the sitation, but she doesn't go so far as to ask for his name in return. ]