You're right, of course. In my defence, this time we weren't actually
trying to make the hints parseable, but I should provide some better ones anyway. It's tradition. Let me think...
Entomology is sometimes confused for etymology, but this, Hana would agree, is silly. One is the study of bugs; the other is the study of words. Haruna enjoys the latter. Hana does not enjoy the former, but seems to be doing a lot of it anyway.
When we tore Arpeggio out of its canon, we had to do a lot of thinking about just how the canon characters would nevertheless exist. I mean, they didn't have to, but an Arpeggio crossover with no Arpeggio characters seemed... silly. I am happy to declare that we succeeded, to the point where there
could be just a single point of departure from Arpeggio canon. I mean, there isn't -- Arpeggio canon does not involve Exa Pico -- but for the purposes of this story, there could be.
Hana's name is not a coincidence, because nothing is ever a coincidence. The same goes for all other names, but
especially for hers.
Fauri's name is not a coincidence. What it is, is extremely cute. It's the sort of name you might get upset at your parents for saddling you with, should you be someone who doesn't want to be seen that way. I'm sure I don't know anyone like that.
Parsnip's name is not a coincidence, but you've already seen how it came to be. Whether or not she truly thinks of herself as Hana's sister... varies, as does what name she'd use for herself, but Hana certainly does. Could you say no to that face? I know I can't. Parsnip genuinely enjoys not being alone, which is good, because she
never is. Ever.
Until, y'know,
two years ago.