The smile is still there, ever polite. The air of one unsurprised that Milo asked; whether in jest or seriousness or otherwise is moot because Elidibus is one who knows that should the creature get an opportunity, they absolutely would take his name.
Polite when he answers, there is an air of finality to it, to Elidibus's being that implies this will never be on the table. Ever. Yet the words are courteous and oddly... accept that it is merely Milo's nature that compelled them to ask. They are not at all to be blamed for doing so.
"While I have had many names I could rightfully call my own, I fear they would not be as palatable as you desire," he explains.
So kind of him to be considerate of these matters, though the silver-haired man does seem to allow there would be some pleasant 'taste' to the ones he considers of less import. It's possible, no? But for the one his presence holds such finality about....
"I will not apologize for my steadfast refusal of such a request. Yet I pray you will understand. Surrendering my name would unravel all that I am and all I have done."
There is a moment's pause as if there was something to consider. An interesting side thought perhaps. Yet he smiles and carries on while refocusing on Milo.
"Perhaps I would endure, given the particulars of our circumstance. Yet especially on this distant star, I would be loath to discover whether I would be unmade. Nor would I wish to be so foolish as to leave myself vulnerable to such options as my patron may lay at my feet, should such thing truly threaten to undo me."
But simply speaking, the offered knowledge he could gain in exchange for the cost of his name is, to his paradigm such an insignificant speck that it's clear The Eye's temptation does not even register on a measurable scale.
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Polite when he answers, there is an air of finality to it, to Elidibus's being that implies this will never be on the table. Ever. Yet the words are courteous and oddly... accept that it is merely Milo's nature that compelled them to ask. They are not at all to be blamed for doing so.
"While I have had many names I could rightfully call my own, I fear they would not be as palatable as you desire," he explains.
So kind of him to be considerate of these matters, though the silver-haired man does seem to allow there would be some pleasant 'taste' to the ones he considers of less import. It's possible, no? But for the one his presence holds such finality about....
"I will not apologize for my steadfast refusal of such a request. Yet I pray you will understand. Surrendering my name would unravel all that I am and all I have done."
There is a moment's pause as if there was something to consider. An interesting side thought perhaps. Yet he smiles and carries on while refocusing on Milo.
"Perhaps I would endure, given the particulars of our circumstance. Yet especially on this distant star, I would be loath to discover whether I would be unmade. Nor would I wish to be so foolish as to leave myself vulnerable to such options as my patron may lay at my feet, should such thing truly threaten to undo me."
But simply speaking, the offered knowledge he could gain in exchange for the cost of his name is, to his paradigm such an insignificant speck that it's clear The Eye's temptation does not even register on a measurable scale.