[Oh... his name does sound prettier the way she says it. He smiles down at his breakfast for a moment, suddenly feeling shy, but then she says her own name and and realizes he'll have to do the same thing - try it out, make sure it fits on his tongue. Hopefully he won't mess it up too badly.]
Ianu - ari - a. [The soft name gains a few sharp edges when Anubis says it, but he's got the gist.] That's so pretty. I've never heard a name like that before.
Oh, I... well, not much, these days. No one new really comes to our afterlife anymore. But I used to help with the funerary rites and judgment of the dead, and now I'm its guardian when Osiris is away. [After a pause, he rushes to add:] But I've got people watching it now! It's still safe! This is just more important.
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Ianu - ari - a. [The soft name gains a few sharp edges when Anubis says it, but he's got the gist.] That's so pretty. I've never heard a name like that before.
Oh, I... well, not much, these days. No one new really comes to our afterlife anymore. But I used to help with the funerary rites and judgment of the dead, and now I'm its guardian when Osiris is away. [After a pause, he rushes to add:] But I've got people watching it now! It's still safe! This is just more important.