[So said after a pause that's more thoughtful than awkward, processing his answer the best that she can. It seems more like a title than a proper name, bestowed rather than given. But that would be rude to say, right? Besides, the intensity of his tone makes her wonder just how comfortable he was with it.]
I guess that's why you go by Dust, huh? It'd be a bit of a mouthful otherwise. [In a stupid attempt to nudge things back towards levity:] There was a guy in my village once — Albertus Jorgen Christoffersen. Everyone ended up just calling him Al, even his wife!
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[So said after a pause that's more thoughtful than awkward, processing his answer the best that she can. It seems more like a title than a proper name, bestowed rather than given. But that would be rude to say, right? Besides, the intensity of his tone makes her wonder just how comfortable he was with it.]
I guess that's why you go by Dust, huh? It'd be a bit of a mouthful otherwise. [In a stupid attempt to nudge things back towards levity:] There was a guy in my village once — Albertus Jorgen Christoffersen. Everyone ended up just calling him Al, even his wife!