“My name’s Akiko Inoue. Inoue’s a common name,” Aki said, “but the aki in Akiko is the character for ‘crystal,’ and ko is just the word for ‘child.’” She shook her head, and turned to them. “Honestly, I didn’t want to share last names at the start because my mother had just remarried and my last name had changed. And I didn’t want to tell you my new last name.” “I’m Rion Mizumori. Mizumori means ‘protecting water’ and I told you before that Rion is the ri in rika—science—with the character for sound, on.” “I’m Fuka Hasegawa. Fuka’s written with the characters for ‘wind’ and ‘song.’” “I’m
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