IRL, when the name of someone you know is mentioned, your mind tends to conjure up a whole person with appearance, personality, background, and relationships.
But when a stranger's name is mentioned, you tend to tilt your head, without thinking of a specific person.
Similarly, in a fictional narrative, without character introduction, names are just random strings of letters in the reader's mind.


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