[ WP ] : Children are named by the traits they are fated to have - Brave , Serene , Deeply Caring , Unmoved - and of course your lovely daughter , Bites People .

I stared down at the infant in my arms. I stroked her forehead tenderly, but did my best to keep my fingers away from her mouth. The naming ceremony had not gone as I expected. While other women's babies got names like Hopeful, Bright and Leader, my daughter received the name Bites People. Her destiny was sealed before she even began to teeth. As the other new mothers filed out of the wise woman's home, I lingered with my child. I put things back into my bag and then took them back out. I fussed over Bites People's swaddling. When the others had left the wise woman walked over to me. She had rich brown hair with just a spray of white hairs beginning to show through and a pretty face they might have once been beautiful. Her name, of course, was Wisdom. 
 “ What does it mean? ” I asked. I could feel my throat tighten and my eyes begin to water. 
 “ It means that she will bite people, ” Wisdom said matter of factly. 
 “ Surely, that ca n't be all of it? For the rest of her life, her only defining feature will be to bite people? ” 
 “ I am not a fortune teller, I simply see the traits within the child and name them. Is it any more odd than you own name, Unfortunate? ” 
 Unfortunate blinked back tears. She had been haunted by that name all her life. “ Look again, perhaps you missed something? ” She held the baby out to the woman. Bites People began to cry. A loud yowling cry as if challenging the wise woman to speak over her. Wisdom took the baby from her mother and began to rock Bite People in her arms. When the baby quieted, Wisdom began to speak again. 
 “ It is not the dulled teeth of a human woman I see in her future. I see razor sharp teeth and I see blood. It surrounds her. There is a dark destiny which awaits this child. I only said Bites People for your sake, for your place in the village. No this child's true name is Demon. ”
