“In the old days, they had free-roaming lions in their
reserves,” she complains. “Surely this would be possible in this
day and age.”
I resort to delving into the intricacies of African Wildlife
Experience® policy related to usage of natural resources, at which
point her eyes glaze over. I don’t know what’s going to make it
online by the time she’s done editing, so I stick to the script as
far as possible. Don’t want HQ coming down on me like a ton of
elephant dung just because I deviated from accepted modes of
interaction.
Melissa fidgets when we pause to watch a family of warthog
grazing by the side of the road. References are made to an old
animated film involving talking animals, at which points she
eyerolls so dramatically I have to stifle a small laugh. Thank
goodness t
