"Maybe I'm a strange person," CT jokes, taking and shaking the hand. "Are you more of a first names or surnames type?"

She knows others who are both. Though she herself is a secret third thing: a nickname born of a codename that few others on the island even know. She's used her real name only once, as a false alias at that cult gathering—meaning a good dozen people have heard it, but only one knows it wasn't actually fake.

"You're not wrong about the top brass. My outfit was... our commanding officer was unfit for the position, let's just say that." That's putting it lightly, but she's never been one to go into the gory details too quickly. "I probably wouldn't be here if he wasn't such an asshole, but what are you gonna do, y'know."