Putting aside her lack of a name, Elion did something rather impulsive, barely giving it a second thought.
"How about I call you Eva?" he asked. "It would be a little awkward to keep calling you without a name. Just until you remember your own, of course," he added.
The little girl's eyes brightened, and she clasped her hands together excitedly. "I like it! Yes! You can call me Eva!"
The others exchanged odd looks, unable to understand what Elion was trying to achieve by naming her.
Naming someone suggested some sort of familiar connection, and him doing such a thing so casually irked them for more reasons than they cared to name.
"What is he doing?" Cole whispered to Maya.
Maya only shrugged, looking just as uncertain. "Who knows?"
"Do you know where your mum and dad are, Eva?" Elion asked. He fully expected her to say she didn't have any, but he had decided to ask anyway.
Eva's excitement settled into a thoughtful expression as she considered his question. "My parents?"
