>>USER: anya-kara_gramma

>>TITLE: grandson changed name why?

>>BODY

>>>Hello everybody, it's Anya. You all know I'm a curious sort, and always open to new things (thanks, Macs, for this wonderful new place to connect!) But I have to admit, something has happened which has stumped me.

>>>You all know that my grandson lives abroad now, in the inter-belt. He's done a wonderful job at keeping us in the loop, especially since we all got better at using the omninet. He's such a prodigy with it; he's got friends all across the entire galaxy! He's always telling us about new friends he's met, all over the place.

>>>But recently, he met some new friends that he said some concerning things about. Not that he was concerned, but it felt unnerving to me to hear him talking about them. Maybe I'm just getting old, and all the newfangled talk was offputting to me because I didn't really 'get' it. But he decided to change his name because of these new friends, and I don't really understand the new name, and I feel worried that he went so far for these people.

>>>He still lets us call him by his old name, but now he goes by... and bare with me, this is exactly how he wants it spelled... NEWBORN AND READY TO SERVE.

>>>Does anybody know anything about why he'd call himself that?

>>COMMENTS

>>>USER: evident_excellence

>>>>He clearly is in contact with members of an imperial cult. I commend his newfound devotion to our Emperor.

>>>>>REPLY/anya-kara_gramma

>>>>>>I don't think that's it, Krop. He hasn't mentioned anything about the Empire. He's never cared much about it and that doesn't seem to have changed.

>>>>>>>evident_excellence REPLY=Perhaps he has simply acknowledged that you would not understand or appreciate that his priorities have matured. When I began my service to the Empire I felt I could not speak of it to others, until I grew in my devotion and realized that I should be a proud servant even among the ungrateful and disloyal.

>>>>>>>>anya-kara_gramma REPLY= Alright, Krop. Maybe so. Whatever you say.