While Kou reclaimed his sword, Seriri looked at Miki as if confused. "What we named a whole beta fish that when we were kids," she said most defiantly. "I had such weird nostalgia when I got here, it felt like the most fitting name," she said which made Miki huff childishly for the first time in quite a while. "Ugh, you can't go around parading the fact that we used to choose names like that as children..." she said leaving out the word stupid for the sake of the woman now bearing a name that she and Seriri had picked out when they were 10. "Oh well... Anyways she just brought back some stones she still has them find the one you want..." she said to Miki while the woman called Bettina held out a sack filled with undersea stones before her. "Sugoi! These are really nice..." Miki said. Instead of reaching into the bag she used her 'Snatch' ability to pull from the bag the one most suited to her needs. It was a large blue stone smooth the whole way around and nearly clear though in similar colors to the ones already sported by Seriri. "This will do..." she said holding the stone between her hands she seemed to be enchanting it, filling it with her own mana applied to a few runes meant to amplify the effects of what she'd done to the other lass and spread them far and wide. "Here, that should make it so you can use my mana on large groups of people. As long as someone else provides the bulk, it will lift the Blood Magic from people allowing them to walk freely. Nice outfit on him by the way..." Miki mentioned with a bit of a nod towards the lad. She wasn't sure if Diva still had a slave crest, but if he did Seriri could use the stone she'd given her to get rid of it painlessly. She did look to Diva for just a second and though the lad still wasn't making eye contact with anyone it seemed that he was at least well enough put together now to be able to walk around with everyone else. Though he still wasn't really speaking and she couldn't really blame him, it was taking all she had to remain speaking with everyone and she'd experienced way less of these evils by far. Seriri held onto the stone and could feel the magic of it, Miki's particular signature was something very different from any she'd encountered since coming to this world. "Arigatou na, I'll make sure to put it to good use..." she said as she thought about this stone, glowing gently sage green in its core. She couldn't explain the quality of it with words, but knew the girl had placed a lot of herself into making this creation.
Whatever the case, it seemed the little Mershark didn't have a name, and that simply wouldn't do, as far as Miki was concerned taking on the girl as a protege required her to be able to brand for herself. And a name was required for such a thing. "Alright how about a name for you then? I promise I won't choose anything you'd regret having to live with. And it's very important to branding to be a recognizable figure. Your name, your morals, your trade, these are things you live by and die by, yeah?" she explained to the little Mershark. She looked up at Miki with wide eyes and looked stunned. "You are going to give me a name? And take me as an apprentice..." she said seeming to think it was a lot being offered by the blonde lass. "Hai. I think you'll make a good merchant. You have that gleam in your eye... while retaining what is important... here," she said placing a finger over the girl's heart. She thought about it and it was like her emotions all radiated out from her heart, that same nervous smile appeared on her face. "Well, if you're sure it wouldn't be a problem," she said with wide eyes. Miki continued to stare at the small girl, concentrating on what she'd seen of her in the last few minutes. She'd been the one to come here to barter for her place. She'd been the one to start the revolution by striking down the one who used her as property. Her mark in this world was like a ripple over the water, and would have far reaching effects. "Sou ka, Sazanami! That's a good name for a girl like you," Miki said offering the girl a smile. An interaction with the Nexus took place and the girl was enveloped in the blinding light of it as she was named. Her body seemed to catch up to her level as she evolved. And her body gained a sleeker look with fins attached her arms which looked like blades. Her hair grew a bit longer and she seemed to become a bit closer to a middle teen. "Sugoi! You really named me! Miki-sama, you must be really strong..." she said excited by the prospect. "I'll be back in a couple of days, there is some stuff I think I should do before I am really ready to start," the girl said she didn't want to leave her other friends behind at her former residence. She needed to let them know of all the things that were possible now. "Hai hai..." Miki said. She walked back to where she had been to reclaim her place on the arm of the throne. But something was ever so wrong with the girl. Her temperature had spiked rather suddenly and though she wasn't looking at anyone, her eyes had gained a rainbow hue.