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Bat Bat raised a tiny fist.
"Lily teach Bat Bat important," Bat Bat announced.
Sekhmet looked at Bat Bat.
"What important," he asked.
Bat Bat puffed her cheeks and declared, with full seriousness, "Girls don't pee on people."
The servant girls behind them choked on laughter.
One of them coughed and pretended it was dust.
Sekhmet's face went blank.
Lily nodded as if she had just taught advanced philosophy.
"Yes," Lily said, satisfied. "We covered that."
Sekhmet looked at Elena slowly.
Elena's eyes held the silent pain of someone who had fought a war only to discover the enemy's weakness was solved by one sentence.
Elena cleared her throat lightly.
"She also learned," Elena said carefully, "that if she wants something, she says please."
Bat Bat nodded proudly.
"Please," Bat Bat repeated, as if it was a weapon.
Lily leaned closer to Bat Bat and added, "And she learned what a pervert is."
Sekhmet froze.
His gaze snapped to Lily.
