>James Wynn: I'm guessing "Babbie" is probably Marble/Magnesia's cutesy >nickname for "Babirusa"-- a fine Vironese name for a male hus. Good catch, James. Yep, in fact in chapter 5, page 3 of Calde', General Mint asked some soldiers for their names and the first one calls out, "Babirousa" which is an Indonesian wild pig.