Day of names

Maia has had her naming day. Then there was the after-party. Jonny organised it for the Last Gate.

EM sort of invaded to celebrate. The room filled up, and even the host himself, Ethan Verone, decided to join us. For a notorious pirate he seemed to get on really well with Eva and KJ, and said that he regretted Elsebeth couldn't make it

Elsebeth. She's so proper that I find it hard to see her associating with a pirate like Verone. I mean Eva, sure - we are the dodgy ones after all - but Elsebeth?

Matariki and Jonny got a lot of gifts. Or rather, Maia did. There was quite a stack of them. Many of them were surprisingly touching. Pod-pilots remembering back to their childhoods and giving things that meant something to them. Some things that weren't replaceable. I don't think they are all as divorced from the mortal world as some would like to claim; or maybe they don't think they'll have children so are looking for other people's to give heirlooms to.

Maia made an appearance over a large screen holo link from Paiho. Maia yawned and burbled and faces in the crowd watched fascinated. It was interesting watching those faces as they looked at her. Some were looking quite touched. Maybe instead of destruction, creation could be attractive to them after all.