identity

what sort of assumptions might you make if you found out that a friend of yours,
a person of decent moral standing,
a person who you generally like as a friend and colleaugue,
has another identity: an entire other name.

you don't know which one is the "real" name, the "real" identity, and you don't know anything other than this person is identifiable by two different names.

furthermore, he doesn't want anyone to talk about this new identity once it's not a secret anymore, and seems rather embarrassed, in a frightened kinda way.

furthermore, you remember that a friend of his, that you met a couple of years back, went by this name that you've found out your friend also goes by.
does this name actually belong to this friend of your friend's? or is it a false identity both of them shared.

serious question,
give it some thought.