I think Mallard, and others, have adopted new names not to fit in or accept their mutation, but to keep others from knowing who they really were before the End, especially if they were notorious. A lot of people would want to avoid old feuds and old charges, and forge new lives. The species name would be the equivalent of Smith, and easy to remember.
I think Mallard, and others, have adopted new names not to fit in or accept their mutation, but to keep others from knowing who they really were before the End, especially if they were notorious. A lot of people would want to avoid old feuds and old charges, and forge new lives. The species name would be the equivalent of Smith, and easy to remember.