"Please," the client's daughter said. "You don't need to give him that name, he doesn't deserve it."
"Someone has to have it and the others aren't suitable to hold it. It's a gamble, but we've run out of time."
"You don't even know that much about him. He just joined this crew; your people haven't had enough time to look into his background yet." She insisted.
"If I didn't know better I would say that it sounds like you're trying to protect him from me."
She shrank away, afraid her true intentions were showing, "Of course not. I only want what's best. If he can't handle it everything will be ruined."
"If we don't get this done now, everything will be ruined."
She kept her gaze on the floor.
Sigh, "I will reconsider who will be given that name, but that doesn't mean it won't be him."
She nodded keeping her eyes down.
"You may go."
***Author's Note***
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It's likely that most of these parts are going to be short. The story is episodic and jumps perspective frequently.
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