The first false name was Gabriel, chosen because with short hair she looked very much like a boy, and he figured a little ambiguity couldn’t hurt. Still, the name didn’t seem fraudulent. She couldn’t help but feel that Gabriel was just as real as Lilia,
Gabriel was also Anton’s pseudonym from The Singer’s Gun. And, like Anton’s Gabriel, Lilia’s seems to “fit”, an identity that can be slipped into and out of easily.
