"No, not really," Koschei said with a smile. "They do try and give us unique names, just to try and prevent confusion. My name is quite a bit longer than Koschei, but it's my preferred shortening. The name is only going to get longer, after all, once I start getting merits."
Koschei tossed the rock up into the air, catching it before he lifted his eyes to Kurt, and his grip tightened on the rock. His eyes squeezed shut again before he flailed and tossed the rock away from him, turning his body as far away from Kurt as he could to do it.