Huh. I've never really thought about it- people don't usually ask.
[In truth, he's not overly attached to either. Tartaglia is more title than name, a signifier of his position and the power he wields, an announcement that Her Majesty's favourite weapon of war has been drawn. Childe is an alias, nothing more. The last of his names- the very first, technically- has already been through so much that sometimes it doesn't fit right anymore anyway but he still tries to squeeze himself into it for the right people. Nishitani is not one of them.
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Huh. I've never really thought about it- people don't usually ask.
[In truth, he's not overly attached to either. Tartaglia is more title than name, a signifier of his position and the power he wields, an announcement that Her Majesty's favourite weapon of war has been drawn. Childe is an alias, nothing more. The last of his names- the very first, technically- has already been through so much that sometimes it doesn't fit right anymore anyway but he still tries to squeeze himself into it for the right people. Nishitani is not one of them.
In the end, he settles on a shrug.]
Childe is shorter, I guess.