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Chacal made a very valid point about given names and nick names. It was funny how that worked, wasn’t it? She thought of her three children: Stingray “Ray” and Swordfish “Fish” were pretty straightforward. But calling Vixen “Mercy” was pretty strange and hard to explain. Come to think of it, Meerkat couldn’t even remember where that pet name had come from!

Actually, yes, Meerkat replied, distracted enough from her distressing thoughts to even offer a light laugh, my actual name is Suricate, which means ‘meerkat’ in a different language, I think. You’d have to ask my mom. Nobody’s ever called me that. To think, I could’ve been… Suri… or Cate. So strange. I’ve always gone by Meerkat, and only Meerkat, though she could think of a few nicknames given to her over the years.