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Sometimes I think about naming a daughter after my mother, Alerie, but it feels far too selfish for me to go through with it.

I think two people with the name in the same family would not be an inconvenience.

She and her cousin would be in the same room only on occasion.

No, it's not that, I promise. But what of your preferences?

Pray tell, what is it then?

I have no preferences, aside from those names that have been marred by people who had them.

My mother passed away when I was very young, and I fear that if I name my daughter after her, I will unknowingly place the burden of nostalgia on her.

If we are to name our children after people we know and cherish, I would prefer they be those we know and love well enough to also acknowledge and accept their flaws.

Do you think that's silly?

Not at all.

In my clan, it is traditional not to name a child after a person who is alive (excluding the parent, of course), so as not to place a burden of expectation on them. It could also be misconstrued as a wish for that person to die.

( although the horsepeople do not fear death, it is a misconception that they welcome it. they will fight against it, fearfully and fiercely, until the end. )

Alerie is a beautiful name, however.

[ the last part of his explanation probably shouldn't have made her laugh - at the very least, she can claim she simply choked on a small piece of biscuit as she reads his note over a short tea break. ]

I have never once considered that such a thing might also be presented as a possible death wish, but I suppose I can see where it comes from.

Thank you. I think Alerie is a beautiful name as well. Although I suppose my grandmother was more of my parent than my mother ever got to be - how do you feel about Olenna?