[He does sit down between them, creating a decently-sized free zone. He's the Berlin Wall! The 38th parallell! The Rhineland in 1919! Other references that he actually wouldn't understand!]
Animals, huh? That sounds like fun! My mom used to make these, uhm... crackers? For th' Solstice, but they were shaped like trees an' wreaths an' stuff. Kinda spicy.