'into the jungle' = 'going native'... equivalent of American gi's in Vietnam taking native wives/lovers..... Vlad the easterner, going native, taking a dragaeraen lover.. andy -----Original Message----- From: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info [mailto:dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info] On Behalf Of Mark A. Mandel Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 9:57 PM To: Durston, Andrew (AGRE); Dragaera list Subject: RE: Vlad and Kiera *Spoilers for _Orca_* (still catching up...) [Gaertk:] > > >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? > > --KG [Andrew Durston:] > Does it refer to the "animal" symbology of the Seventeen Houses? > > (Or a Jethro Tull reference, Bungle in the Jungle... :) ) Always possible with Steve; he is a musician, after all. But I think it's analogous to "going native" used of colonial settlers (British Empire is how I think of it) who took up some ways of the so-called "inferior" people they were living among. mam/c&s __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com