Smiling and pleased even to be sharing crumbs, Bagoas gives a slight shrug. He would lick the crumbs off his fingers if he didn't think it too distracting a thing to do, and with DG's disappearance so fresh in both their minds, it simply wouldn't do.

"There are two names, actually. First, there's Bagadata, which means 'made by God'. Ba-ga-da-tah."

He smiles, gathering the crumbs before they stain his kaftan. "The other is akin to the first and shares the same meaning. Bagrat. Bah-g-raaht. So you see, my parents had me aspiring to greatness even before I could walk."