Even a name marked for erasure leaves the chisel's trace. Procedure never asks about the trace.

• IrinaI've counted the strokes on that letter before.
  Archbishop FilaretDon't count them, my lady.
  IrinaIt was eight strokes.
• Mikhail FyodorovichYour Grace, what's carved away by chisel isn't erased. It's moved.
  Archbishop FilaretYou always stand on the side of moving things, sir.