> From: Joy Jennifer Nicholson [mailto:jjnichol at MIT.EDU] > > > I took it to mean "slumming" or "going native". > > > > >From: Gaertk at aol.com > > >To: dragaera at dragaera.info > > >Subject: RE: Vlad and Kiera *Spoilers for _Orca_* > > >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:28:09 -0500 > > > > > >In a message dated Mar/29/2005 10:38:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > >FRIEDA2133 at aol.com writes: > > > > > > >Kiera talking to Vlad in Vlad's office after the kiss. > > > > > > > > "'But,' she continued, 'what are your own people going to say > > > >when they find you've been meeting me in your own office? They'll > > > >think you've finally gone 'into the jungle,' you know.' She was > > > >smiling lightly; baiting me. She knew her reputation. > > > > > >This bit always confused me; what does "into the jungle" mean? > > > > > > > I've always taken it to mean "round the bend" with overtones of "going > > native/wild". It seems to me that the jungle is seen as the opposite of > > civilisation in Dragaera. > > I interpreted it more along these lines: http://imdb.com/title/tt0102175/ <http://imdb.com/title/tt0102175/> Based on the prejudices involved, that's where my brain clicked. Of course, I haven't seen that movie, just the plot summary, so I don't know if it's actually a reference.