She's sick. (It's amazing how often that happens.) Pipp can't control when she gets sick! (Or so she claims.) But yes, this time, the royal family sort of has a prior commitment. So Pipp really should show up this time, just to smile at the populace. Or rather, the smile can show up. It just needs somepony who can carry it in.

So when you look at it that way, this is all Zipp is being asked to do: wear a dark plastic shell over her own head for hours, in the middle of a power broker gathering, while her sister's face smiles out from the digital front panel.

Pipp really doesn't see any problems with this.

Yet.

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