"Come on, I was eleven years old..." Asbel tried to defend himself from Taiga's judging looks. "But I admit my naming skills were pretty pathetic back then."

To be fair, they haven't improved much over the years. Still, it was still comforting to see that at least Sophie had his back on this one.

"Thanks, Sophie. But, maybe it'd be best to respect Taiga's wishes. There actually is one other person who sometimes goes by 'Tiger Festival' after all. It might get confusing if we had two Tiger Festivals." This was more for the moogle's benefit than anything, although he realized then that he hadn't even given them his own name. How could he have forgotten? Maybe a part of him had been hoping she'd recall it on her own, he didn't know.

"And my name's Asbel Lhant. You can just call me 'Asbel'. Sorry, I know this is a lot to take in..."

At this point, Asbel didn't have the heart to tell them that there were some things Sophie was still unlikely to remember. But the moogle had a point, if she remembered last time, maybe she'd be able to remember again somehow - at least that time when they were kids.