It didn't matter what the name sounded like. What mattered was the familiarity the name brought him.
Though Aurora's language was eerily similar to Earth's English, it wasn't the same in the end. This had much to do with the different histories of the two realms, which led to different things like pronunciation, accent, and so on.
Earlier, when he saw Timi, he only suspected that this might be the youth Lily always spoke about, but after hearing him talk, the suspicion turned to certainty.
This was English!
It had only been a year in real time, or two if including the perspective of the Land of Origin, since he'd last heard such a language. Though he knew he no longer had anything to do with the life he'd had on Earth, nor did he want to, Michael never expected such a similar thing to cause his emotions to stir.
Michael shook off the distracting thoughts and focused on Timi.
