Horizon Ridge Arsenic and Lace

"The name thing," Pump's face lit up at the mention of this. So far she had been wary at implementing anything from her birth pack, but this was a rule she liked and wanted to continue the tradition here. Whether it would work out and stick with these people, time would show. As odd and wrong the idea would seem to them, there was reasoning behind it.

"Well... it's probably tricky for you, since you have had a name, since you were born," she spoke, realizing now that the rule was not so easy to carry out as she had thought at first. "Name is something that defines you and something that you have to earn. Where I lived before, there were a lot of nameless wolves and very few, who had a name. You had to work hard, you had to prove your worth in order to choose a name for yourself."

"That first big step in transition from childhood to youth is earning your name. That's the first moment you and everyone else acknowledge your worth. The tougher, the more willing to learn and grow you are, the earlier that happens," she finished, knowing well that now she had talked a bit too long and too elaborate, but she hoped that she had made sense, "Therefore this is not a punishment this is a task. We are strong people and I want them to be strong too, to stand their ground and not cower as miserable underlings behind the backs of those, who hold the most power."