“It is your child which is the attractive nuisance. I could not be expected, under the reasonable being rules of liability, to believe that such a large, strong, and healthy being was an infant still in bonding. Never have I seen such a well developed and cared for youngster.”
The Daimeitroo seemed a bit taken aback by this tactic.
“It’s true,” said Jade. “I have seen several of your race, some with youngsters who walked part of the time, and none were as striking as yours.”
The alien added its upper arms to the grooming of the baby, and its tail fluttered a brief tattoo on the floor. “I must admit that I have reason to be proud of this young one. Yet such rash… misdemeanors cannot go unlitigated.”
“I agree that proper notice must be made of such a problem, or perhaps the rule of condo
