[She laughs again, a little uncomfortably.] It's just a nickname. My real name's Nakarai Mako, so the other pilots just condensed it. They liked nicknames like that - Kodaka Masaru became Kodama, that kinda thing. It doesn't really mean anything personal.
Well... I guess some people have been here a long time, and they've probably seen lots of people try stuff like this. You'd probably just give up after awhile, and stop seeing the point.