Cyril nods and they walk a bit to start getting the wood. He focuses on the task at first to make sure they can't just be idly overheard. "I was hoping we would have a chance to speak," he admitted once he was comfortable. His voice is calm because he doesn't want to make Anders nervous at all.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go under a pseudonym while we were with the Clan and village." Especially the village, really, but he doesn't say that part.

The question should make it clear why he wanted to pull Anders away before speaking with him. He trusted everyone who had come along, but it still wasn't his place to bring up Anders' past actions in front of everyone, even if it was just to hint at them vaguely.