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Easily Copernicus' favorite cousin, by a landslide. Calypso was the one who helped him familiarize himself with the city when he first moved, and they helped him get on his feet. Also, most of his family members seem to be really zany and wacky, and it's a nice change of pace to meet someone he's related to that isn't as obnoxious as he is.
Nicholas is Calypso's weird, skeevy uncle. They have a disdain towards him, after meeting Copernicus and finding out that he abandoned him as a child. But, he does pay well whenever they babysit his daughter, so they try to keep a pleasant relationship with him and not make it obvious that they detest him.
One of the few relatives of his that he trusts to babysit his daughter. Nicholas doesn't know if there's something in the Bekker family genes that makes everyone an absolutely awful person, but, whatever it is, he's glad it didn't seem to affect Calypso as much. He thinks they have a level head on them, and he appreciates that Calypso helped his son figure out the city when he first moved there.