" Here’s an idea,” Magnus said as we followed the surging crowds away from the docks. “Since you’re to be a sorcerer, Miss Howel, perhaps we should address you as one. We all use our plain surnames with one another. So, may I call you Howel?”
I wanted to be one of them, didn’t I? “All right. Shall I call you Magnus?”
“Perfection. What do you say, Blackwood? Is she Howel the sorcerer?”
“Miss Howel is a lady. One must always address ladies with proper respect.” Blackwood nodded to me, the image of politeness, but I understood. He would not acknowledge me as his equal. He did not consider me a sorcerer. "

― Jessica Cluess , A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, #1)