It became clear that the child had a talent for humiliating adults simply by pointing out their vanity. Lin Mu laughed until his sides hurt, which made the monks who had stayed nearby and visited every couple days nervous. They did not enjoy their High Abbot acting so mortal.
By week two the clan had developed systems.
There was a feeding roster, a rotation for who would soothe the child when he wanted to be 'soothed', and a daily schedule posted on a large board that Tao Yinsu tore down at least once a day.
Lin Mu introduced a rule.
If Tao Yinsu misbehaved three times in a morning he had to spend an hour listening to Cattaleya's recounting of her childhood training. Tao Yinsu tore up the first rule and then fell asleep listening to Cattaleya describe how she had once wrestled a river eel into submission while she was six years old.
Little Shrubby refined his culinary repertoire.
