In a message dated Mar/30/2005 12:00:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, Joy Jennifer Nicholson <jjnichol at MIT.EDU> writes: >>>From: Gaertk at aol.com >>> >>>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 took it to mean "slumming" or "going native". But why would Vlad's coworkers think he's "going native"? And what does Kiera's reputation have to do with it? --KG