We returned home after enjoying the sunset and told Heraz about the city's new name. Right away, we were greeted by the banquet to celebrate Shwa's hundredth day.
It was Shwa's first public appearance after the naming ceremony.
In hindsight, this was better than having the banquet after the naming ceremony where Shwa was too small to understand everything. Not that he could understand everything three months later, but at least he could be awake and enjoy the attention.
Which he truly did.
"Au--aaah!" was how he greeted the audience as Natha carried him, tall and dignified, to the balcony of the Great Hall.
The baby, bigger than his peers, raised his arm like the little lord that he was, and made the audience erupt in cheer like they were at a concert. The cheer got Shwa even more excited, and he flailed his limbs, shrieking and laughing merrily. The crowd would cheer again, and Shwa hot excited again, and...
It was a cycle.