"Four letters is about the limit I'd expect," Liliana agreed, also ignoring how many of his books she'd read while convalescing at their apartment. "It just means that I can call him Beefslab with impunity now."

Not that that had really stopped her before, either.

"It's not Lili, though, so I suppose I can deal. Besides, the bigger the fuss I make, the more glee he'll derive from calling me that."

She was certain that if she said, in all seriousness, to call her Liliana that he'd respect it, but 'Lils' seemed an unworthy line to draw in the sand, especially so long as he kept it to casual conversations. If he started using it in ways that undermined her authority, they could have talk.