The interesting thing about Nobilis is that while you can't roll dice for social situations, you're also not allowed by the book to use miracles to help you directly either so it usually comes down to strictly roleplay. Plus if they DO use miracles indirectly on people like they've been doing there are huge consequences for that anyway. I do still think you spent too long on the back and forth since it didn't really go anywhere interesting. The pacing needs to be a bit more clearly established for the players, I think, or there should be an understanding of what you all want the pacing to be. The game doesn't really feel like it's about nobles if they spend half of it just talking about establishing mortal identities that don't matter in the grand scheme unless this really is all they're doing. They're making a big deal out of nothing and letting mortals overtake them even though that's also against the laws.
The interesting thing about Nobilis is that while you can't roll dice for social situations, you're also not allowed by the book to use miracles to help you directly either so it usually comes down to strictly roleplay. Plus if they DO use miracles indirectly on people like they've been doing there are huge consequences for that anyway.
I do still think you spent too long on the back and forth since it didn't really go anywhere interesting. The pacing needs to be a bit more clearly established for the players, I think, or there should be an understanding of what you all want the pacing to be. The game doesn't really feel like it's about nobles if they spend half of it just talking about establishing mortal identities that don't matter in the grand scheme unless this really is all they're doing. They're making a big deal out of nothing and letting mortals overtake them even though that's also against the laws.