Alive, yes. Present, aware. Sorry about not reacting on Skype, I keep forgetting about the dot.

Personally I just wonder why Jillian doesn't just [i]ask[/i] to be called "Jillian" if being called "Veldaine" bothers her so much. Hmm... but then again, knowing Gerald as intimately as I do, while he'd be liable to grant her that wish, he'd take it as a victory over her to have made her do so and would probably not be beyond gloating.