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Just a clarification question, is Eel's new name spelled Eelbite or Eel Bite?

Eelbite!! All one word :3 it's a more old fashioned sounding name (a distinction that is more relevant to the cat's themselves than readers 🤔 think of it like an 'old lady name' or just smthn that has fallen out of fashion), more in line with Angelwing and Imptail in sound and structure than the other Gardeners.

Within GardenClan, names are always picked by the parents unless stated otherwise - Mulberry Wine just "gives" the name out of tradition. He's already leading the ceremony, and since Honey Fruit was the first cat he properly named (a name that WAS picked by him) the entire set up for a naming ceremony stuck. Especially for Eelbite, who is so new, he really wanted to make sure she felt like a part of the group, and this was a good way to do that. ALL OF THAT TO SAY that Fisher just isn't super familiar with the naming conventions within the desert, so Eel wasn't given an older sounding name deliberately, it just kind of worked out that way.

There's not really a stigma around a different type of name, it's just sometimes an indicator that a cat's parents have a preference or their own traditions to keep up. "-bite" feels like an obvious choice given her fighting talent and sharp snout and fangs, and she did also prove herself worthy of a full name in battle. Fisher also took into consideration her swift and direct personality, and her sharp wit. "-bite" sounds very decisive, after all. Though if you asked him directly, he'd probably say he named her after her "winning smile."