"Call me Ram. It's what my friends all call me." "In that case, I'm Tashi." She paused. "But that's not what my friends call me back home." "What do they call you?" "The Princess Taoshira, Fourth Crown Princess of the Blue Crescent Islands and dependent territories. We're very formal, you know." Ramil smiled. "I've noticed. And I also think, Princess Taoshira of the rest of it, that you are making a joke." Tashi nodded, her face wrinkling into an answering smile. "But you can call me Tashi."