: If you want to "buy" a new identity, you can file a petition for a legal name change through your local court system, which typically involves a filing fee.

As the door clicked shut, the shopkeeper smiled. She didn't mind. The best customers were the ones who realized their name was the only thing they truly owned.

In the corner of a city that didn't exist on maps sat a shop with no windows, only a door made of polished bone. Above it hung a sign that simply read: The Nomenclature.

Elias hesitated. He looked at his own hands, calloused from years of being Elias the Carpenter, Elias the Father, Elias the Fail-safe. He reached for a small, clear orb that flickered like a candle. "And that?"