2024-07-18 - Say my Name

He’d long since noticed that the minds outside in the not-darkness often referred to themselves and each other by certain sounds unique to them, used to identify each other with. He saw the efficiency in such labels, a timesaver in terms of seeking out only the minds one wished to talk with. For sure it beat the way he talked with his fellow eggs, broadcasting to all until the one(s) he wished to talk to responded.

“Rocranth!"

That cry startled him; he hadn’t been expecting that announcement. Expecting his fellow eggs to claim unique sounds for themselves, yes. Just not someone shouting their new name from the rooftops, so to speak.

As he contemplated what sounds best suited him, the other eggs announced their new sounds to the world. Some quiet, some loud, some matter of factly. He weighed the syllables in his mind, thinking of how they would sound to the world outside when he was talking to others in the not-darkness. When he decided he didn’t announce it from the rooftops or any such loud flashy noise. It was just casually there, said in a normal tone of voice.

Jinth.

I am Jinth.

And that was that.