Back on Horos, I had no idea what situation I was in! So at first I gave the false name, and it stuck. And now -- here -- there are people from my world who don't know the truth about where I'm from. If I told them, I don't--

[please stop shaking him, Hayame. He'll wait until she abates a little so he can finish.]

I don't know how they'd react, when Almyrans are hated and feared in Fódlan. It was simpler to stick with things as they were, so we could carry on working together.

[Putting Meridian's goals first came before any personal honesty, he thinks. Things are already complicated enough here without rocking the boat further with baggage from home.]