"Oh hmm... Names are kind of important...at least to us humans! I mean, if I want to talk to you specifically, I don't want to be yelling 'Hey Vortigaunt!' or 'Hey you!' I mean, that just sounds rude! And in addition to that, a bunch of your brethren might think I'm talking to them too."
Heh, here she was just casually talking to an alien. Welll...the conversation was admittedly a bit awkward, but the entire concept of speaking with them felt...natural.
Maybe it was because she really liked them. Or, rather, this one in particular seeing as how she only met one.
Right! She should be thinking of a name! It shouldn't be anything common like Frank or Steve...maybe something fancy? Like something old and formal...uhm...hmmm. She didn't really know a whole lot about history or mythology or...
Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast into bowels of the earth and pecked by birds...
Where did that come from?! She didn't...
Well. It was a nice name. Although...she didn't wish the whole cast into the earth and pecked by birds thing on the poor Vortigaunt. But the name did have a nice ring to it.
...and why did it feel like she knew the other Prometheus?
"How about Prometheus? I mean, if it's offensive or you don't like it we can work on something better! Or, you know, if you don't like having one, then that's fine by me!"