The comment about being called 'Liberty' got another stifled snort of a laugh out of Wren that they quickly had to cough down. It was a little easier after V gave his name. Wren didn't pale exactly, but... it was very clear that much of their good humor drained.

They were silent for a moment, trying to figure out how to phrase what they wanted to say. If they should.

They should. They should try. It'd just get weird sooner rather than later if they didn't.

"... Do you ... uh ... have ... anything else I can call you?" Wren asked, slowly at first, before quickly continuing. "I'm not trying to pull some bullshit 'ok but what's your real name' kind of deal and if it's just V I'll - I'll make it work it's just that's also kind of what we all called my ex and it ... didn't end so good? We're still friends but she cheated on me at like the worst time and- okay now I'm getting into too much information territory."