"Thank you," Natalia said with a polite nod, and she sat down. "And, yes, I suppose the hyphenated surname makes it rather long, but that's because my country came from the union of two kingdoms." It wouldn't be proper to be called anything else.

"Although," she added, "since my title means very little here in Keeliai, you're welcome to call me Natalia if you'd prefer that." Several people here started doing it on their own, so she figured it was only fair to extend the offer to everyone else.