Ah, I see. We would say 'sister,' then, in those circumstances, though I admit I can think of no circumstances where I would not be able to speak to someone by their name. I am glad to share meeting with you, Cao Pi.

[She's in good humour, more curious than offended. She picks up her mug of tea, turning it in her webbed, nail-less hands.]

My name is perhaps as strange to you as yours is to me. "The Impatient One" is my selfname. Among my people, when we are ready to join the community as an adult and leave childhood, we give ourselves a selfname to show that we know ourselves honestly. We then spend our lives attempting to outlive it. You need call me nothing other than Merwen in conversation.