[OOC][PLOT] The Sixth Thread of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals

[robkelk]

I think she did, whether she knows it or not.

Most magical traditions say that the naming (or re-naming) of a person or thing gives the namer great power over the named - this goes at least as far back as Genesis 32:22–32, where Jacob is renamed Israel and goes on to be the forefather of an entire people that are chosen by God. And even traditions that don't say this acknowledge the power of knowing the True Name of a person or object - we've had one of those traditions appear in TNB already.

So... the name has power. And Hayate gave the Tome a new name, which it/she accepted happily. No matter what magical tradition you might reference, Hayate has a great deal of power over the Tome simply by being kind enough to not call it the Book of Darkness any more.

(Jacky and Kate would know enough about magic to point this out - in fact, it's the first magical rule that each of them ever learned. But would anybody in San Antonio think to ask somebody in Ottawa about this?)