It's a lot of information all at once and Joel isn't even entirely sure he follows, but the one thing he hears clearly is that Emily's name isn't Emily and he has to pause for a moment to allow himself to digest it. There are people who might be angry, he thinks, people who would feel betrayed or lied to, and Joel doesn't feel any of those things. If she's kept her name from him and if it's had something to do with people following her, then she obviously has had a good reason. If she's been afraid, if she's been hiding, he can't blame her for keeping her name from people.

He's surprised, briefly, that she knows Aoife and the only person he knows named Jason is the witch he'd run into outside the Tavern the night of the witches meeting. He wonders if she means the same man, but figures now isn't the time to get into her personal connections.

"So what should I call you?" he asks finally.