“Alas, my dear, the ancient laws of our kind prohibit it, though it has occasionally been a struggle for me to observe them. Go and tell them of my plan, if you must, only do ask that darling little maid to come back in here, while you’re about it. I’m rather afraid your little sister here has had an accident in her diaper. But that’s what little baby girls have been doing since time immemorial, isn’t it precious?” she asked Miki, affectionately nuzzling her while Nicoleta left the room with a nauseated expression.
Presently, Yanlin returned to the living-room with talcum powder, wipes, and a fresh diaper, and the pair of them quickly got Miki changed and back into the playpen with Lisa.