She smiled gently at him. His eagerness really was putting her at ease. There was something rather...disarming about him. Kattrin took to helping his arm again while she relaxed, letting him chatter a little before speaking herself.

"I know not of what is written of the Avvar people for I never learned the written word. I can tell you a legend-mark is a great honor to bestow upon a person. A great deed is accomplished by a person and they are given a new name that replaces the family name they once had. That is their name from then on."

Did that make sense? She supposed he would ask if it didn't.