"Would you prefer that stay hidden?"

"Hmmm... Perhaps. A little secret for a little cat."

Heh. "Very well. We will look elsewehere for inspiration, then."

"I still Iike draconic as a tongue, though."

"What are a few more words you might like your name to mean, little cat?"

(Shiver again.) "Hmmm... Beautiful, fierce, secret, shadowy, strong... Or fire and lightning are always very aesthetic..."

"Sjachletni, the shadowflame, like the dark fire you wield. Dastudr, strength. Lightning, itpro. A secret is irthos, unspoken. Beauty would be lerovup, to be fierce j'nah.

Oh, she likes the sharp hiss in that first one. "Sjachletni," she purrs.

"An exquisite choice. Now, to turn the base into a name. Were you a drake, we would add the suffix -ia. For a sworn drakonid, it would be -ak or -aka. This would translate as 'she of the-', more or less, with connotations of innate dragonishness. As you are not a drake and nor have you sworn to me, neither of those rules apply. Sjachletni is a compound word, so it would be fair to leave it as is. Though often in that case we translate it back into the common tongue..."

...Thoughtful hum. "Sjachletni is fine for now."

"A pleasure to meet you then, Sjachletni."

Tiny wiggle! "The pleasure is mine, Ellisaria."

Cute.

"You will certainly turn the head of any other dragon you meet, introducing yourself by that name. Shadowflame is thought of as a magic peculiar to the black dragonflight, though a demonstration of your variety will show the difference readily enough."

"Can you demonstrate your version of it for me?"

"Of course." Ellisaria breathes in, then exhales a thin streamer of fire. It's purple tinged with black rather than orange or yellow, and as she makes the ribbon dance across the air, there's a faint sound like a scream just on the edge of hearing.

Practically a melody. 

"Beautiful," she breathes. 

"It is, isn't it?"

"The fire, too."

"Cheeky brat," she laughs.

"I think you like it."

"It's not the worst."

Smirk.

"That's a good look on you."

Preen!

"Matches you well."

"It has been many years since I have kept a companion. I am glad that I have not broken my streak for one that does not match me."