Kazuma doesn't seem bothered by Verity's pronounciation. Her accent pegs her as obviously not Japanese, and hey, she's trying.

"We shinki are basically the weapons and protectors of the gods." Yep, here comes the proooobably unbelievable stuff. "All of us were originally lost spirits - the essences of people who died or were killed, but still held within them the urge to live. Being marked as shinki gives us the opportunity to be alive once more. This is my name," he tugs his sleeve down just a little for Verity to see the mark in its entirety. "Kazu. To that effect, the human name I have been given by milady is Kazuma."

It is a fairly complicated business, really.

((I was definitely not running on all cylinders either though, lol. Feeling a bit better today!))