Scales

Poor Embeth; I just hope Axis is not that bad in their relationship.

She's the only sexual partner you don't see him bully, rape or manhandle.

She says she was also young then (19), and she was glad to be able to make friends with him.

What sort of 19 year old would want to be friends with an 11 year old? A big sister relationship, maybe, but "best friends"? That just sounds creepy and groomerish.

I do not have as definite a reason for this as for the other names, but it just sounds too much like an alteration of “Timothy” for me to like it.

Just as "Embeth" is basically just "Beth" or "Elizabeth"

And then, Embeth “[is] caught from behind, a strong arm pinning her around her waist, and a hand planted firmly across her mouth to prevent her crying out.”

Okay, never mind. He does manhandle her.

“wiser with each passing week.”

This is a lie. Timmy is just as stupid as everyone else.

“Timozel ever [finds] himself skewered on the wrong end of five handspans of sharpened steel”

WHO TALKS LIKE THIS??

Oh, this line will certainly get a very nasty callback later on…

Yeah, that bit is absolutely disgusting.