Kai Elmina screamed wildly as her clout was changed. Orsa did it with finesse, washing her tiny bottom quickly as she folded the clout in half. “That, my dear girl, was quite the giant s**t from such a tiny bottom,” she chided, covering her face in kisses, her screams of tortured agony turning into sweet gurgles of delight. “Is everyone just putty in her hands?” Leela said, laughing and shaking her head. I shrugged helplessly. I know I was. Elmina had a fever so we had remained close by, since the young pup was so fussy about the company she kept. “Gods, she only stills if it’s Orsa, Mama, Lucien, you or Eli holding her,” Leela complained to me. “Otherwise she’s been screeching non-stop, even with me. Poor Thorin is almost terrified of her.” I laughed at the thought of Thorin hold

