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No, he’s right. It does sound kind.

[he doesn’t push the last names thing but he does reach over to hold both their hands again]

Your names suit you both very well.

[ Aaaaaaa... taking both their hands too, then ]

Ah, well, I don't have a family name . . . but "Vash the Stampede" is what I was known by.

You're both biased. Though, I guess to me Albert Silverberg does sound regal and important...I wouldn't be overthinking it this much if we'd been able to introduce ourselves from the start.

[gets a doofy little smile on his face at hand...holding.../// until he pulls a face at Vash's name]

Vash Stampede is too American, though. Rejected.

It works better with the ‘the,’ somehow. You are something of a force of nature.

I barely even know what America is!!

[ HMPH ]

There's "the Humanoid Typhoon," too.

That's bad too! Just have a normal last name. Vash...

[what's a normal last name]

...Smith.

…surnames aren’t really a requirement, you know…

Most people where I’m from don’t have them unless they’re titled.

[ Sarcastically ]

Guess it'll just have to wait til I'm somebody's bride.

Don't be silly. You're a groom, not a bride.

[gives a shrug]

It isn't a requirement. It's just fun to think about.

[goes quiet for a too-long pause, just now realizing that Minuet might be secretly hung up on his lack of surname or something]

--But if I offended you, or it goes against your culture, uhm, sorry. You can forget I mentioned it.

[if they’re paying attention they both see Charon’s expression go ‘:X’ for a second but he doesn’t say anything

possibly he is cursing Fantasia internally for making him think about marriage in the first place, years too early]

[ Wow Charon must dislike the concept of marriage!!! That checks out!!!

Both his hands are occupied, so he elbows Lethe gently to make sure he doesn't take it too seriously ]

I can be a bride if I want to. My surname could also just be 'Minuet Bluebell.'

[Charon must not want Minuet to have a surname that isn't Silverberg. that checks out!!!]

Being a bride would be better than you picking your own surname if that's how you're going to choose.

[never mind he can't marry either of them. they're both too embarrassing]

[ And thus order was maintained ]

I'll be sure to send everyone an invite~

You'll go broke if you invite my family to anything. Not that they can't be well-behaved, but...I feel like they'd destroy the venue. The property destruction needs to be taken into consideration.

[he cracks. politely:]

Could we talk about something other than weddings?

[ Valiantly refrains from bursting out laughing ]

Okay, okay. Stop making faces.

[no don't stop making faces they're cute

does not say that out loud, but it's written all over his face]

Please pick a suitable conversation topic, then, Mr. Silverberg.

[he huffs a tiny little bit, expression mostly smoothing but warmth in his eyes still]

How does it feel? Just…having them back.

[ He has to consider that for a long moment ]

I dunno . . . I can't say I was ever really attached to it that much. Or at least, I never really thought about it.

[ Tacking "the Stampede" onto the end has some Complicated Emotion he isn't accounting for, something they get a vague sense of simply from sitting in the middle of his mindscape right now. But he doesn't dwell on it. ]

More than having it, it feels "right" to be able to share it with you two.

[nods in agreement]

I like being able to share it. In my country, people from the same family in the same generation have similar names. So my name is similar to my brother's. That's special to me. But I'd still be me even if I never remembered my name.

[a little smile]

I would have had to give up my given name shortly, anyway, had I not come here instead.

But I’ll always be a Silverberg. Having blankness where my house was is something I could live with, but the hole was always…felt.

Give it up . . . ? Why?

[keeps quiet; he knows the bare bones of it, could guess it without Charon ever saying it outright. but he does want to hear him say it, too, in the simple way one wants to hear about the lives and plans of their loved ones]

I think I mentioned it…? I’m a traitor and a political exile. Blossom caught me a couple of days out from leaving the country by ship.

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