[And, Goddesses willing, Sheik would have it stay that way, to simply remain an unidentified stranger with a somewhat esoteric viewpoint to this researcher and anyone else who might be reading along. But... perhaps it would be nice, to know that he helped in some way.
Oh well.]
to a certain extent, yes. such things hardly exist in a vacuum, and to separate one piece out from the whole entirely would be something of a fool's errand, but... perhaps imagine how the world might seem to be a more casual place to someone who goes by a shortened nickname, as opposed to one who refers to themselves only with their full, "proper" name.
[Or the difference between a name so deeply entrenched with the land that it may as well be its synonym, and one so ephemeral it hardly means anything at all. But he keeps that comparison to himself, of course.]
you have an array of names here already, and i assume you know of more. what do you think?
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Oh well.]
to a certain extent, yes. such things hardly exist in a vacuum, and to separate one piece out from the whole entirely would be something of a fool's errand, but... perhaps imagine how the world might seem to be a more casual place to someone who goes by a shortened nickname, as opposed to one who refers to themselves only with their full, "proper" name.
[Or the difference between a name so deeply entrenched with the land that it may as well be its synonym, and one so ephemeral it hardly means anything at all. But he keeps that comparison to himself, of course.]
you have an array of names here already, and i assume you know of more. what do you think?