[Mars inspects them, nodding and committing them to memory. Characters are easy to remember, for someone like her. She's got a gift for symbols and language, and having to learn all the kanji she knows hasn't hurt that.]

I understand that. Even in my culture, the way you write your name has a lot of significance. And a meaning.

[Smiling, she tries the name out.]

Xelhes? [It's not a hard name, really.] Fenimore Xelhes. I...take it Fenimore is a common name, for less formal times?