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...this is the neatest thing I've ever seen. I want one for home so bad.
-Right! This is Sorey, please leave me a message so I can get back to you!
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-Right! This is Sorey, please leave me a message so I can get back to you!
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Do you have any backup blood supply you can use, and see if you feel any different? We don't exactly have any locals to question this time around, so we should be careful.
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I'm not sure if any hypothetical locals would know. In my experience, "vampire" isn't a universal species.
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Stefan's so glad this isn't video. He's sorta-kinda tearing up right now.]
I never thought about it like that.
Thanks, Sorey. :)
I'll get some bloodwork down RN and let you know what I find. In the meantime, try not to eat anything raw or rare.
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Oh also, Stefan, if you have a minute could we meet up? There's something I'd like to discuss.
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[It takes Sorey some time to get over there, but he doesn't keep Stefan waiting long. He jogs up the hallway before stopping just at the entrance, unbuckling his boots and leaving them at the door and heading over to the cushions to greet him.] Hey, morning.
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Morning, Sorey. [He grins, curling his legs up under him and setting his work aside so that he can bring a tray of tea forward. At this point, preparing tea might as well be one of Stefan's superpowers - and he even has biscotti to go with them.] How's it going?
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I'm glad to hear it. [He reaches for his own cup - black tea with some powdered milk - and takes a sip.] Yeah, I think so. I'll check on the bloodwork tonight, see if it's the planet or the animals or maybe even me. It's too soon to tell.
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Wow dang this tea is good. Sorey's only been an on-and-off tea drinker since he's usually too preoccupied to brew any for himself, but Stefan makes this stuff dang good.]
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We'll see by the end of the day. [He holds his cup in both hands,] So uh, what'd you wanna talk to me about?
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Well, I've just...I've been thinking. Do you remember, akhi, in the clinic, when I said I had nothing to call you in return?
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["I wouldn't want to forget that day." Stefan sits up a little straighter, his shoulders tensing as if he's bracing himself for the worst. He can't imagine that Sorey would rescind the nickname so soon, but he's not sure where this is going either.]
Did you find something you wanted to call me?
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But. I was thinking, a True Name is like...for seraphim and Squires, it's something a Shepherd can call them to- to show a certain level of trust, and familiarity and intimacy. [Ducks his head. Oh Lords his face is going to burn right off.] So I could come up with a name for you if that's okay...
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More than okay.
[He sets his tea aside, just so he can reach out for Sorey's hand, or barring that, place his hand on the kid's shoulders. This is by far the kindest, sweetest thing anyone's ever offered him, and he's been around a while.]
Is there uh, is there a special process or anything I have to do?
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Ah, no no. -well, actually it might help me find a translation for your given name if I knew its meaning.
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Stefan means "crown or garland," and Alesci means "defender." My other last name, Salvatore, means "savior." As for my middle name... Yunus means "dove." Or well, it technically means dove, it's also the name of a prophet from the Qur'an.
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Stefan, are you royalty?
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Hmmm...well. I think for a good translation for your name- probably something like Seirend, or Hauveth. For the other part... [Peers curiously at Stefan before blushing and looking away again.] To be honest, I'd had this part picked out a long time ago. Nathyurec. Seirend works better for the grammar, so...
So how about Seirend Nathyurec? It means, uh, 'Stefan of the Gentle Heart.' Or, uh, since 'Seirend' isn't a direct translation of your name it'd be more like, "Victorious is the Gentle Heart."
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[It also sounds too good to be true, because him? Gentle-hearted? Sorey hasn't seen his true face, or his true powers or - or the part of him he likes to keep under lock and key. He just hopes that if that day ever comes, he still deserves the name.]
Thank you. You put a lot of thought into this, didn't you?
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I tried to. I'm not a seraph so I can't speak from experience, but from what I've heard, True Names don't always seem like they fit. My Gramps told me, sometimes a True Name is a goal, or what the heart cries out for, or even how other people see someone. Nobody really knows how it's decided what it'll be.
[He remembers what you told him in the clinic, dude. That definitely weighed heavily in his decision.]
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