Comment:

Do you have a nickname, or a shortened form of your name? Do you have versions of your name that you don't like, or that you actively hate? How important is it to you that someone be referred to using their preferred moniker, and do you extend that courtesy to everyone?

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Like... everyone everyone?

Transcript:

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0301 - 2167/07/07/08:59 - Lee Caldavera's apartment, hall
CP: It d-doesn’t h-have to b-b-be a d-d-d-d-
LC: I’ve never hover-skated before. Is it hard?
CP: Uh. Y-you just…. You just put…. These… on… feet. On top of your shoes.
LC: Oh, I do have my own pair, actually, I’ve just never used them.
Zoa: Sweet, I call dibs on Lil C’s spares, then.
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CP: Zoa, d-do not r-refer to me as L-L-Little C.
Zoa: Okay.
LC: Please.
CP: ….please d-don’t call me Little C.
Zoa: Okay.
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Zoa: ...So no nicknames at all, then, or…?
CP: Not my name. My name is Caleb Paratta. No rank, no honorific, no serial number, n-no exception. Please.
Zoa: As you wish, Caleb Paratta.
LC: That’s a big deal for you, isn’t it, Caleb?
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CP: I…. I like to f-feel centered. I like to know who I am, what I am, what I’m doing. I’m… me. I’m me.
LC: …must be nice. I don’t know that I’ve ever really felt that strongly about my identity.
Zoa: Well, not for more than an hour or two at a stretch, from what I’ve seen.
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