Hanami – Chapter 16
'Her eyes-- They're not brown. They're gray. Not blue gray or slate gray but gray with light behind it. Like an overcast day in November.' Donatello forgot he was holding the coffee mug. He forgot that his family was watching. He forgot not to stare.
In the background, Cabbage and TwoSee were trying to justify their actions.
"Oh, it'll be FINE. She won't kill Donnie. She doesn't know him."
+"She was hardly in the mood to take coffee from either of us. And trust me, after that first cup of coffee, she's not nearly so homicidal."+
'My god, will you look at him. Purple mask. Honey brown eyes. And damn if he wasn't first in line when they handed out shoulders. He's smiling at me.' Frogger felt her own mouth curl up at the corners. 'I must be grinning like an idiot; but just this once, I don't care.'
The word 'homicidal' finally registered in Frogger's mind. "Cryptodiracidal*," she corrected her sister without thinking.
Donatello was the only one to laugh out loud. He passed her the mug, "Good one." She peeked at him over the edge of the mug.
"See, she's already being mouthy in Latin. She's fine." Cabbage and TwoSee headed back to the kitchen. Cabbage called over her shoulder, "Breakfast's ready. Carpe Diem**!"
Donatello helped her to her feet just in time to hear her mumble, "Yeah, yeah, one of these days it's gonna be Carpe Jugulum.***" He was still chuckling when he picked her up and carried her gently to the kitchen.
Splinter followed after them shaking his head, "Kids."
Notes on Latin (or "Why all that up there was funny.")
*-- Cryptodira: Latin name for a taxonomical classification (in this case a "sub-order") which includes fresh water turtles, snapping turtles, tortoises, soft shell turtles, and sea turtles. In English, that would be the latin name for all those kinds of turtles.
The joke: Homicidal = wanting to kill a human
so Cryptodiracidal = wanting to kill a turtle.
**-- Carpe Diem: Latin phrase meaning "Seize the Day."
***-- Carpe Jugulum: Latin phrase meaning "Seize the Throat."