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"I know," he said, his mood too upbeat to feel discouraged. "They're just ideas. Plus, I thought—" She mentioned naming one after his brother and he nodded. "Yeah, I'd like to do that." He figured they could follow her naming convention for half the litter and his for the other. If they gave each pup a middle name, they needed to come up with twenty-four; they were having a dozen, after all!

"I was thinking Atticus Finch," he shared, having no clue about the pop culture reference, "to follow with the bird theme. I'm not sold on it, though. We could always call a girl Attica. I'm pretty sure my brother's name came from our Great Aunt Attica. My dad had two brothers, Cerberus and Crete, and that was his sister's name. At least, I think I'm remembering that correctly."

He could sit here and chatter all day about his ideas but if Fox wasn't going to throw any ideas onto the pile, Peregrine knew the conversation would be very one-sided. He sighed, deciding to give up for now. Maybe he could have this conversation with someone else. That someone would have to be open to listening to him blather endlessly. Finley came to mind...

Fox hadn't said much about the subject of Ashton's and Somnia's courtship. Peregrine said, "Have you noticed the sudden influx of pairings around here? It's not just Ash and Som. Evidently, Tempest has the hots for a newbie I have yet to meet called Mikael. I'm told he looks like Ashton's twin. I have no idea if there's any romantic chemistry between them but I think Finley and Elwood would be a cool pair. They would definitely leave if we didn't let them have children," he thought aloud.