Yes, most of the time, the given name is all that's used. If you're being particularly formal, you can use both names -- Fenimore Xelhes, like you said -- but no one ever uses a true name alone to address someone. It most often comes up in introductions, since it tells something about the person. I haven't really been telling people it when I introduce myself here, though, since no one other than another Ferines would know about it, and -- well, it doesn't really feel right to talk about with someone who doesn't even know that I'm Ferines.
[Which is not a piece of information she's been exactly eager to spread around, given how nervous she'd been to tell Rei even after they'd known each other as long as they had. She shifts a little awkwardly and smoothes out her dress as a way of finding something to do with her hands. She feels a little embarrassed to have been so reluctant to tell Rei when she'd taken it so well in the end.]
So, um. What's the meaning behind how you write your name?
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Yes, most of the time, the given name is all that's used. If you're being particularly formal, you can use both names -- Fenimore Xelhes, like you said -- but no one ever uses a true name alone to address someone. It most often comes up in introductions, since it tells something about the person. I haven't really been telling people it when I introduce myself here, though, since no one other than another Ferines would know about it, and -- well, it doesn't really feel right to talk about with someone who doesn't even know that I'm Ferines.
[Which is not a piece of information she's been exactly eager to spread around, given how nervous she'd been to tell Rei even after they'd known each other as long as they had. She shifts a little awkwardly and smoothes out her dress as a way of finding something to do with her hands. She feels a little embarrassed to have been so reluctant to tell Rei when she'd taken it so well in the end.]
So, um. What's the meaning behind how you write your name?