Stavanger Bay and every minute gets longer

It seemed kind of weird that it was a 'girl thing' to give one's name away. And then it wasn't always, Mordecai went on to explain: this fact was both positive - because it seemed weird that only girls had to give their name away, even if he wasn't one - and negative - because this only further enhanced Charon's confusion about the name game.

Charon wanted to ask again what his mother's name was, but he realised in time that maybe Mordecai not addressing it was because he just didn't know, so it would be useless asking about it again. However, unable to resist the urge to be a smartass wherever he saw an opportunity, Charon snippily said, "If it isn't always, how do you know so sure my mum even took my dad's name?" Just because his own name was Ostrega, it didn't mean that his mother's had to be, right? Ragnar had said that Julooke's name was also Ostrega, Charon realised moments later, but whatever; Mordecai didn't know that, anyway.

It seemed that what had started as an awkward meeting between two long-lost relatives was now turning into a competition for Charon to try and make Mordecai feel as uncomfortable as he could. Charon barely realised that he was being unreasonable and maybe somewhat rude, but subconsciously he probably did this to get some sort of control back in this weird and uncomfortable situation. And making the other feel even less comfortable than you, well, that was still an indirect win.