oh man, I did not even think about Iskierka's reaction! she would be SO ANNOYED. it is a tiny useless screamy thing, why does Granby like it? what if he likes it more than her?! and Granby takes it with him everywhere, and he sings to it, she only wants him to sing to her! and meanwhile Laurence and Tharkay are being so very very blueballed, and Laurence is pretending he doesn't mind because it was his idea in the first place, but Tharkay doesn't care about being the nice guy so he spends a lot of time bonding with Iskierka over how much they don't like that stupid baby.

(only Granby and Laurence get sent on a mission or something so Tharkay has to manage without them for a week and at the end he's sort of grudgingly fond of her. he's not evil.