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The boy tested the syllables of Taikon's name on with a youthful, calm speaking tone. His name was said inverted, but this was something Taikon knew that others did intentionally, and so made no effort to correct it. Tse was the name of his father's family, and it was nothing to be ashamed of. If anything, he felt lucky not to have taken his mother's name. Though he knew that his father had been equally cruel, it was easier to remember from a person who had been alive when the prince was ousted.
Manners. Taikon nodded firmly, submitting to the fact that it indeed had been his mother that had taught him this. He made no active show of distaste, but his body tensed slightly. She did, he said. My mother was a queen, and she thought manners were very important, he explained briefly, giving no nod to the fact that it was common among the Farukans to publicly injure those who went against strict regulations of "respectful" conduct.