"Fyedl- from fyyil, -et because you're dressed like a girl," Sasha says. "Where I'm from, everyone's got a nickname. If you look at the staff directory, you'll find my full name is rather longer than Sasha."

Every time someone calls her Sikandaret, she thinks they're her mother and about to smack her a good one, but Sasha's not in the mood for for a discussion on comparative intercultural child-raising techniques, and there's no reason to give the fox extra ammunition.