[Pens are such a nice invention. She takes it gratefully and, much more quickly and neatly this time, rewrites the twocharacters on one of the sheets of paper. Once she's finished, she holds it up for Mars to see.]
You probably noticed these when I gave you the parchment before. It's my true name, and I wrote it since you said that the way I write my name has a lot of meaning in the rite.
[After a second, she goes over what she said and notices a potential misunderstanding.]
Ah, but when I say "true name," that doesn't mean that Fenimore is some kind of fake name. A true name is different from the kind of name people call each other. It's more of a ceremonial name to indicate the true nature of the bearer. Every Ferines has one.
My true is Xelhes. It means "blessing."
[The X is pronounced like a Z, despite the fact that Ze has a different character and means something completely different from Xe. Languages.]
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[Pens are such a nice invention. She takes it gratefully and, much more quickly and neatly this time, rewrites the two characters on one of the sheets of paper. Once she's finished, she holds it up for Mars to see.]
You probably noticed these when I gave you the parchment before. It's my true name, and I wrote it since you said that the way I write my name has a lot of meaning in the rite.
[After a second, she goes over what she said and notices a potential misunderstanding.]
Ah, but when I say "true name," that doesn't mean that Fenimore is some kind of fake name. A true name is different from the kind of name people call each other. It's more of a ceremonial name to indicate the true nature of the bearer. Every Ferines has one.
My true is Xelhes. It means "blessing."
[The X is pronounced like a Z, despite the fact that Ze has a different character and means something completely different from Xe. Languages.]