>After all of that crypto-lesbian subtext, am I the only one who
>thought the story was going to end with:
>
>> "Raaar. Got you."
>> "Please -- eat me. Down there."
>> "Nya??!"
>
>Not that I'm complaining about it.

Kaban wouldn't be that forward. I reckon the farthest she'd go would be to say "Oh no. Please don't eat me." in the Willy Wonka insincere deadpan. :)

>One thing that's funny about this story being in the UF setting,
>though: how it was mostly Earth animals brought to Japari Park.

It's an artifact of NatureWorld's origin, which was specifically as an attempt to preserve animals from Earth.

--G.
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