Ben was blushing! Pansy smiled warmly and put her arm around him, hugging him lightly. 'You know just how to sweet talk a girl, Little Superhero!' she told him. 'Girls love that!' she added, as if it were a secret.
'That's, ummmm....' she started, completely blanking on anything it could be other than what it was. 'Polly has a friend named that,' she finished lamely.
Polly stared at Ben and giggled a little questioningly as she watched his mouth. 'Buh. No,' she said. She looked up at Pansy. 'Buhno?' she said with a question in her voice.
'Ben,' Pansy said clearly, following the Little Superhero's example and making it distinct so Polly could see her mouth.
If her daughter was anything like her mother, she would probably learn every man's name in town before bothering to attempt 'mummy.'