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[emptysword]

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[ The feed opens to a Shirou staring at a Honedge and making a really confused face as you can hear the moving of gears on the background. How a Kling could operate a camera is a mystery, but it's something that can be discussed later on when he's not having this much of a problem. ]

Gram?

[ A shake of the head- Blade(?) from the Honedge, it looks like Shirou's trying to name it something. ]

Alright, how about Caladbolg then?

[ The Honedge made a face at that, well as much as a Honedge could make a face that is. Judging from the slightly frustrated face Shirou is now making, it's clear that he's trying to name it after swords of legends. Only as you can see, it's not going that well. ]

There has to be at least one name that you liked.

[ As Shirou starts rambling off more sword names, it's clear that the Honedge realized that it's being recorded and gave what amounts to a 'help me' look at the camera before the feed cuts off.

Uh... ]

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[video]

[goestoextremes]

[Ouch.]

Are you okay?

[Ohhh! Well, suddenly it makes a lot more sense, kind of, and sounds kind of cool.]

That's a cool naming theme though! ...Not that I know any sword names, we don't really have those back home nowadays. So, your sword dislikes all of them, or at least a lot of them?

[video]

[emptysword]

I'm fine, just. Surprised that a sword could hatch from an egg.

[ WHICH IS KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE BUT he learned quickly that Saber wasn't joking (she never did joke after all) about his Honedge hatching from an egg.

An egg. ]

No, he dislikes all kind of sword names and prefers the names of well-renowned spears.

[ y e a h, awkward. ]

[video]

[goestoextremes]

[ . . . right, swords from eggs. This is a silent moment for that. ]

Sometimes I'm still surprised by the fact that all these creatures are born from them, honestly.

[Shrug.] So he sees himself more as a spear then. It could be worse.

[ seems to be like a normal thing to her, but then again she's never had a sword or spear or much experience of either anyway.]

[video]

[emptysword]

I heard that this is also the case for those Pokémon that should've been born in a proper way. [ which is also WHY. ]

Well, that's true, he could probably see himself as an axe, but that'd at least make a bit more sense.

[ Korra can see that his Honedge, Gae Bolg, is now performing thrusts rather than the usual swinging movement a Honedge always does.

Identity issues, it's real. ]

[video]

[goestoextremes]

It's the case for all Pokemon, so ... it's just something to get used to, even if we never quite get used to it. [WHY is an excellent question.]

[She gives a laugh at that.] Well, axe wouldn't be so bad either, considering it would be another weapon too. But if they identified themselves as something completely else than a sharp weapon, then that could be really bad I guess.

[What if your Honedge saw himself as the most cuddly thing ever? Just what if? But okay, that performance looks -- well, weird for a sword but still cool.]

At least you learned it now instead of later?

[video]

[emptysword]

True, and well, it's only right to respect their choices no matter what, right? I mean, we're kind of their closest relatives they have if their parents are not around to greet it.

[ So even if it's naming choices are... unconventional, he'd still care for it.

Even if it's named after something that killed him once. ]

[video]

[goestoextremes]

Yeah, I'd respect their choices on naming themselves... but they're kind of like little kids, and you need to raise them, so giving them too all the freedom they might want is always not a good option either.

[... wow, letting it name itself after something like that.]