[How did loud Guen's direct line end in such a genteel man? Abi is trying not to be more flattered than is his due.]

I probably haven't even done the things you're lauding me for yet.

[He brushes off Kija's praise because the alternative is to bask in it, and how unbecoming is that? But he is very young, especially compared to Shu-Ten now. He hasn't done many great things.

And Kija is kind. "Find most comfortable." What a terrible condition. He is the servant of a great king, a god who graces the mortal plane-- "most comfortable with" isn't something he puts much stock in to anymore, even though the king permits his dragons great familiarity. Other kings would probably behead him if he called them delusional the way he does Hiryuu.]

I still do not want to be differentiated from Ouryuu and Ryokuryuu. [And... almost no one calls him by his name anymore. Surely... surely he can allow himself that one luxury. After all, this is Guen's own blood descendant. Abi would be the most pretentious to demand a formal title from him.]

Very well. I will permit you the use of my given name-- and that alone.