Stavanger Bay and every minute gets longer

Instead of some comment about how it was interesting and he understood, Mordecai was welcomed to more questions. But he found his patience held through these because in some way, what child didn't ask after the whys and hows? Yet in a way they were one in the same for not putting a lot of stock into their surnames. Mordecai didn't go around throwing his out like it was supposed to mean anything, yet he had known others to do that. Their names became elongated and like a title, usually with arrogance to follow suit.

So honestly, he didn't have a clue how to explain the whys behind it, but still sought to make some sort of answer for the sake of curiosity. "Well, no, not exactly like that. It's a girl thing really. They take their mate's name," he tried to explain, though quick to add: "Though I suppose it could go either way. That's why you have your dad's name and not your mom's. She decided to take his name, rather than him taking hers." An unsettling expression had crawled across his name in his explanation — truly, he hadn't a clue how to address such a thing — and in it, he glossed over the lack of knowledge in regards to Julooke's name.