*laughs* I thought we were reasoning out why we should be BFFs. But seeing as how we're not I'll slander you freely instead of buttering you up to let me in on the Tennantness.

Personally I can't use babe in a vaguely serious context. It makes me think of little white blankets and feeding child spawn poisonous white milk in a sacrificial context. *shrugs* You know, in a "And then they surrendered the babe to the gods, giving over the blood of a newborn" kind of way.