[Not Fayyaad]

Michalson groans and drags his hand across his face. Because it's his right hand (of course the bubber had to land on his left side), it's slow and awkward.

"That's real touchin', lady, it really is. But I'm not the cutter you're looking for. My name's Michalson, not Fayed." He mispronounces it, because Braon's own pronunciation wasn't exactly clear. "He sounds more good-lookin' than I am."

[Thank Amassing Aegis]

"Not new, but not entirely used to it either." Calm Reed shakes Ambrosia's hand. She has learned this custom by now, at least. "I think I have heard your name spoken in Vigil. I am Calm Reed, a Dragon-Blooded monk of the Immaculate Order. The only one in the Nexus, as far as I know."