Alfred laughed lightly at the question. He hadn't expected her to ask, so he didn't have a ready answer. How did people pick names for pets, or for children? Probably a dozen different ways, with no one method objectively right or wrong. He did, of course, have opinions on the names of boats, but he wasn't sure she really wanted to hear him complain about the types of people who owned pleasure craft they only took out once or twice a year and gave them names in French.
"It's like naming anything else. Pick something that you think fits, and maybe she'll grow into it a little if she's not there yet," he said, letting go of Zelda's hands to turn his attention back to the boat. After a pause for consideration, he added, "You name a boat for the future. For all the things you want her to be." The Voyager had been rechristened before the expedition to Avalon, and that was a fine name for the ship of an explorer.
"It's like naming anything else. Pick something that you think fits, and maybe she'll grow into it a little if she's not there yet," he said, letting go of Zelda's hands to turn his attention back to the boat. After a pause for consideration, he added, "You name a boat for the future. For all the things you want her to be." The Voyager had been rechristened before the expedition to Avalon, and that was a fine name for the ship of an explorer.
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