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So!? [Oh my god Phoenix have you never met a pet named after food before!?] People name their dogs things like Taco or Sherbert or Caramel and you don't think about eating them, do you?

[Who the hell names their dog Taco? Probably Maya? She falls quiet a moment when a sudden realization hits her and her eyes widen at him.]

Do you...?

No! No, of course I don't.

...But I still never got the point of those kinds of names, anyway! Like how Kristoph allegedly tried to name his dog 'Meatball'?

[That sticks out in his memory. Luckily, his darling daughter was wonderful enough to rename him.]

Yeah, I'd definitely rather follow a different theme then him.

[She makes a noise at him and slumps her shoulders, sliding in closer to pet the dragon's belly again.]

Are you really trying to tell me you don't like the name Meatball?

[Because she thinks it's really cute.]

[It might have been a cute name, if not for...]

Well, are you trying to tell me that I should take a name out of Kristoph Gavin's handbook? [He says with a roll of his eyes before looking back down at the baby dragon with a smile.]

Well, maybe some pages in Mr. Gavin's book aren't so bad.

[She gives up with a defeated sigh, though, and props her elbows on her knees and her chin in her hands.]

Well, let's hear what you have to say then! Any ideas? Before this little guy starts to think he's got twenty names and all of them are food!

It's still a book I'd rather burn than read! [He says with his own sigh.]

I... don't know... [With all his objections, he doesn't really have many ideas of his own.] ...Blue...ie...?

[Just make sure to take all of the pages with the cute animal names out first and give it to Maya!]

.... Blueie?

[That deserves a deadpan stare and that's exactly what he gets.]

Wow, Nick. You've really lost your wit over the years. What's old age and this island done to you? You can come up with something better than that. If you don't, then I'm naming him Tortilla.

H-hey! I still have plenty of wit to spare. I... swear! [Just a little bit of name's block, that's all.]

Well, you know what else the color blue makes me think of? ... A magician! What if we... name him after Trucy?

[She hugs her knees up to her chest again and plops her chin on them, glancing up at Phoenix with a curious expression.]

How much do you think Trucy would appreciate a boy wyvern being named after her?

[He frowns as he thinks it over.]

She... might not find it an honor...?

Oh, it was a genuinely curious question is all.

[She didn't think he'd take it back so quickly, but oh well.]

So are we going for more human names then? Since food ones are out of the question? He's too cute to be a Steve or a Billy... but that's a goat's name.

... We should get a goat.

[Helpful as always.]

[Sweatdrop intensifies.]

One animal at a time! Is this a house or a zoo?!

Um, alright! Human names... Timmy? How does that sound?

[What was that about a zoo? Sorry, she can't hear you past all that selective hearing, Nick.]

Isn't there a tank engine named Timmy?

[Or was it Thomas...?]

How about Benny? Or... Rex? Dino? Baron? Mmm... Milo?

[Ruuude.]

I don't think so, but I guess that name does come with being prone to getting stuck in wells...

[He pauses as he thinks those over.]

Hm... This is tough. [He looks back down at the baby wyvern.] What do you think, little guy? What do we call you?

[~~There are only so many Final Fantasy wyvern names she can go through!~~

She shuffles forward on her legs closer to the wyvern and leans in to nuzzle her nose against his blue scales as he squawks in response to Phoenix.]

We could always call you Nick!

A-and now we're back where we started...

I liked Tofu and Burrito but you vetoed those! And every other name I offered, you vetoed, too! They were all really good!

[Huff huff huff! She was proud of herself.]

How about this – you come up with a name and we'll go to opposite sides of the room and call him, and whoever he goes to will be what we name him!

[He paused for a moment and the nods.]

Alright, fine. Let's give this a try. That way he'll be picking his own name!

[With that, Phoenix goes over to one side of the room and thinks of a name.]

I'm ready when you are, Maya.

[She crawls to the opposite side of the room and with the wyvern in the middle, she slams both of her palms down on the floor, mimicking Phoenix in the courtroom and jabs a finger in his direction.]

Bring it on!

[The wyvern just stares between the two of them, purring quietly and contentedly, remaining blissfully ignorant of the sudden competitive tension in the room. With a breath in and then out, she begins in the most motherly voice she can muster.]

C'mere, Tofu!

[So that's how she wants to play it! Phoenix, the original desk slammer, slams his hands on the ground as well and points dramatically as he unleashes his latest name.]

Hold it!! [Then, he goes on more sheepishly:] Albhi! Come on over here!

[Maya's definitely learned a lot from him over the years, like how to be a professional hand slammer. The name he calls out makes her pause to smile fondly across at him and she briefly wonders to herself how the kid is doing. Probably getting into trouble with that pup of his without her or Phoenix around to keep a close eye on him.

The wyvern still looks confused, staring between the two of them and startling a little at their hands slapping against the floor and that brings the rest of the animals upstairs to peer in through the door to see what all the commotion is about. Vegas barks and Charley squawks in response and it seems that the new addition to the family takes more an interest in them than either Maya or Phoenix.

Still, she isn't going to give up and let him win.]

Nick! [Not you, Phoenix. The wyvern.] Who's a good boooooooyyy...

[Her voice falls away, suddenly realizing how weird that feels to say...]

Huh.

[Ah, looks like the other kids are awake... He thinks with an internal sigh as the rest of their animals arrive.

He slaps the floor a little to try to draw the baby's attention, but he certainly shares that weird feeling at hearing what Maya says.

Phoenix replies with a standard deadpan.]

...Still liking that name?

[Yeah, yeah, yeah. It seemed like a good idea in retrospect but having to say it out loud like that changes a lot of things. Still, Maya recovers from that awkward feeling with relative ease and she almost... almost stops.]

Something wrong? You want me to call you a good boy too, Nick? Because you're gonna have to earn it!

N-no, of course not! [he sputters back.]

I don't need to be a good boy. Not at all!

[The dragon does seem to perk up whenever the phrase "good boy" is mentioned, though.]

[She bursts into a fit of laughter and doesn't respond with what she would have liked to respond with and instead turns her attention as her giggles die away again. Her hand taps the floor a little more gently this time and that calls Charley into the room and to her. Perhaps this will work in her favour? She flashes Phoenix a determined yet cheeky smile.]

Tofu!

[She might be cheating a little with the giant wyvern next to her who squawks out loud and manages to keep the little one's attention fixed on her... and he starts crawling across the room with quick, excited breaths through his itty bitty nostrils, waggling his bum right at Phoenix.]

AH-HA!

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