"Once, my name was my sword, my shield, and my banner--men trembled to hear it, and only half their trembling was fear. I gloried in that fame, Lancer; I grew strong in it. The promise of making my name immortal is what brings me back to the world of the living. But when you met me on the field of battle, and I demanded your name, you gave me your truest name." She does not have to indicate his spear; he can no doubt feel its weight well enough. "You will never be other than Lancer, no matter what guises you wear or what names you take or who shouts those names to the sky. That is the man who was called to achieve victory."