Dragaera

Vlad and Kiera *Spoilers for _Orca_*

Sun Sep 11 02:07:46 PDT 2005

'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

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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

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