Kira

Petra named him immediately.

Not Biscuit. She walked into his stall, stood in front of him for approximately four seconds while he assessed her with the particular gravity he brought to new people, and then she said, "His name is Captain," with the absolute certainty of someone who had not been consulted on the existing name and did not consider this relevant.

"His name is Biscuit," Lyra said.

"It isn't," Petra said. "Look at him."

We all looked at him. He looked back at us with the ...