"No, it--it's just a bad name, I think." Krem shrugged. "The last time I told anyone about it, we were arguing about whether or not it was important to know or use the name your parents gave you, rather than one that you had given importance to. He...his is a strange sort of circumstance. But mine, I stripped my name off and rebuilt myself entirely. So the name doesn't mean a thing to me anymore."

He sipped his wine, and laughed softly. "Leocadia. What a clumsy name. Cremisius is much nicer, I think, and Krem makes a very nice nickname."