"It's hard to be formal when you grow up on the streets." And then turned into a child soldier, but Wen Qing didn't need to know that part just yet. Duo would just shrug, and continue to be a walking culture shock, though maybe a little concession would help ease her a bit.

"Of course, if you'd rather call me Maxwell, you're more than welcome to. One of the guys I knew back home would use my last name instead. I think he was the only one to do that. Everyone else I knew called me Duo." Either name was fine...really. Both were his, and he chose them both. Okay, so maybe the first one was sort of given to them, but he accepted it readily.