Page 79 of Totally Shipped
I’m stunned. I think everyone else is as well.
“You want us to eat part of you?”
“Well, I’m in,” grins Leander, “I love eating Daisy, so I know this piece of her will be absolutely perfect.”
It’s obvious the rest of us have more discomfort with the idea, even though the smell of roasting meat is just torturous. A hot meal of Daisy-organ; it’s a lot to wrap my head around.
“Think about Key, and how her body desperately needs nourishment. If you all eat it, she will as well.”
Rex coughs, looking a little rattled. “I-I think Daisy is right. The err, meat, can’t keep. It would be hard for her to eat the whole thing in the next few days, so it makes sense.”
Rex, dear Rex. Daisy said the magic words about Keyara. And I guess if the captain is eating placenta, the rest of us will as well.
“Don’t look so despairing, all of you! I’m a little bit offended!”
I guess placenta is on the menu.
LEANDER
It’s been six days since the birth of Kiledrexay.
“Kiledrexay is nix-ay,” says Daisy.
“What about the shortened form, we could call her ‘Kiley’?”
“No to Kiley,” Daisy tells me firmly.
“And why not? I think it’s cute.”
“K names make me think Kardashian,” she sighs, swapping little Kiley from one boob to the other.
“Hey!” says Killian. “I heard that.”
“K names are cool!” Keyara adds, high-fiving Killian.
“What about Isla?” This is Rex’s suggestion. He has his pants twisted about the baby needing a name based on her arrival situation. He has already suggested Storm, Coco, and Coral.
Keyara has decided her sister should not be named after any of the Harry Potter characters, thankfully.
Gray says he doesn’t do names—whatever that means.
“Actually,” Daisy says in a manner that gets all our attention. “I think I do have a name.”
“Oooh!” Keyara bounces around. “What is it?”
“It’s…Amalthea, Thea for short.”
“So pretty! I love it,” squeals Key, and the rest of us all nod and make happy noises.
Thea.
Huh, unexpected. I mean, I like it, but I wonder if there is a story behind her choice.
“Why Thea, or Amalthea?”
Unexpectedly, Daisy flushes. “It’s just a name I like; always have.”
To be honest, I don’t think any of us care what the name is, we just want the girls to be happy and healthy, to be safe and strong. Daisy could have chosenKarenand I would have rolled with it (probably).
