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The question seemed to take Mireille by surprise, though in a delighted sort of way. Calling him granda instead of the more traditional title made a lot of sense to Meerkat too. She smiled, happy for Njord, though she also had a more selfish reason for asking.

Did you know that in your da’s mother tongue, the word for ‘grandmother’ is seanmhair? Doesn’t that sound a lot like ‘sea-in-my-hair’? I feel like that’s perfect for your mothers.

But that wasn’t what she really wanted to say, either. Meerkat cleared her throat and steadied her breath.

I won’t be their grandmother, of course, but I was wondering if they could still look at me as… something similar? And maybe they could call me MeeMee, like Quennell does?

Meerkat didn’t want to infringe on Mireille’s actual relatives or their titles, of course, but those pups would be so special to Njord: his first grandchildren. And so they would be cherished the same by his sandy mate.