[Text] Maybe some help?

[reluctantbastard]

So, how many people got those snow leopard things on Selvin-9?

What did you name them? I'm having a difficult time because this is the first time I've had anything like a pet. Um, I think it's a male.

Any suggestions?

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[poisontippedcure]

[As a cat lady, Rose is almost insulted. Mostly because she can't imagine picking up a pet without first thinking of a name.]

Mine's name is Menphina. I named her after a goddess on my homeworld.

Whatever name you pick, it should be something important to you.

[reluctantbastard]

[He didn't pick the cat. It picked him. He just got resigned to the fact that he's a cat owner now. Stop judging him!]

Personal to me? That's why I have trouble with it. I'm rather boring to be honest.

And I can't really name it after any gods or goddesses. I mean, Thedosians really only have one God. Unless we're talking about the Dalish, but I'm not that familiar with their Creator Gods.

[poisontippedcure]

Well, there has to be something important to you, right?

Unless you really are as boring as you look.

[reluctantbastard]

Wow, you're a pleasant one. And of course there's something and someone important to me, even here. I'm not going to insult my wife by naming something that licks itself after her.

[poisontippedcure]

[If Rose thought of herself as a cat, she would be deeply insulted by that comment. But she doesn't, and so she's only mildly annoyed.]

Understandable, but there must be something else you care about. Somewhere you often went when you were younger, or a character from a novel you enjoyed.

Unless you spent your entire childhood watching paint dry.

[reluctantbastard]

[That's too bad because Alistair watches their Mabari and this Snow Leopard lick themselves in intimate places all the time. It's sorta gross.]

I spent a great deal of my childhood in a stable. Thank you for bringing up painful memories.

[poisontippedcure]

[Wow, that's certainly something she didn't expect. Maybe she should walk it back and apologize?]

That's unfortunate.

[No. But at least she didn't make a joke about him being raised in a barn?]

How about something you care about now? Something that isn't your wife?

[reluctantbastard]

There are people and things I care about now, certainly, other than my wife. None of them seem really proper to name a cat after though.

[poisontippedcure]

Then what is the cat like? Are they friendly? Shy?

[reluctantbastard]

Lazy. Demanding. Imperious. A stalker. If it was female, I'd just name it after Morrigan, but she turned into a wolf, not a cat.