"People don't always get to choose what they learn, I know that," Carolina says, as understanding as she can be. There are plenty of things she wishes she hadn't learned, after all, and plenty of secrets she wishes she could have kept.

"But it's fine, really. I made the... questionable call of using my name instead of an alias when I needed one in the place Wash and I were before this, so I hate the thought of that connection less than I used to."

She'd gotten used to using her name again for the first time since Project Freelancer started, enjoyed listening for 'Church' in reference to herself instead of just making sure Epsilon wasn't ignoring his teammates while he hid out with her. But she'd given it up once and it's even easier to give it up again, especially considering just who else is in this simulation.

"So long as Alpha doesn't learn any of it, it doesn't really matter at this point." Or Carolina is very good at pretending it won't matter, at least. She gives a little shrug, looking across the cafe again. "Besides, if you weren't so good at reading files you shouldn't have, I don't know how much worse the Project might have gotten before Tex talked York into helping her bring it down."