"That's all of us handled, then, the Adarins are behind," says Ice, gesturing at Darren and Edarial.
"Is this a contest? I didn't know I needed to have a nickname when I woke up this morning!"
"Nothing comes to mind for me. I suppose I could try to match Berathyme, but her name is rather hard to translate."
"... Okay, I don't have any translation spell, so! What's it mean?"
"It's a term in her language for the quiet, peaceful period after a gentle rain has subsided."
"That just leaves you," says Phix, elbowing Darren gently. "Come on, I didn't know I needed a nickname when I woke up this morning either."
"There aren't many good plays off of peryton, though. Or possibly any. What do I get from that? Antlers?"
"If Bambi's the best my pedigree has to offer for nicknames, I'm not missing out on much."
Cypress doesn't get the joke. He looks at his wife, obviously confused about the sporfle.
"Bambi is a Disney cartoon deer who spends most of his movie being an adorable fawn with huge eyes," says Ice.
"Yes. You are, too, actually, unless you don't actually know what Disney cartoons are, in which case - carry on."
"So, wait - I'm betting Chamomile movies include daemons, but do they include them for talking cartoon animals?"
"Well, yeah. That's how you know that in the relevant fictional universe, the animals are people. The daemons are generally very small, and hide whenever a human character is around unless it's a setting in which humans know that their cartoon animal neighbors are intelligent."
"... How do you tell the difference between the intelligent, talking animals and the daemons, in that case?"