I know you barely know me, just from that quick chat before... but I had wondered if it would be proper for me to ask for your given name, not the sobriquet you offered me before.

[He paused, chewing on his lower lip, then sighed with a rueful smile.] I have heard it in passing from others, so I know the name, but I'd rather have your permission to use it. I don't have another name to hide behind, though I do understand when people want to keep secrets. It is safer in some situations.

I'd like to think you could trust me. Whatever you were afraid of elsewhere is likely different here, and most of us from the Ship are lumped together by the local people.