"When I was younger, I started coming here to get more things to turn into. Nowadays, with the internet and Animal Planet, not so much. Although the internet doesn't help much because of all the boobies. God, it's easy to get distracted." Gar made a show of staring at Rose's chest before "snapping out of it." He grinned and continued. "By now? I come to the zoo for the same reason everyone else does: because animals are cool. My parents--my biological parents, I should say--were researchers. We went to Africa to study all these animals and I thought, 'Wow, this is so neat.' I can't remember much of my parents, but I remember everything about the jungle."
Gar watched as Tony jumped into the water. He knew exactly how the cat felt. "And I guess there's another reason. Back home, when something happens to turn people like me into... you know, freaks, everyone thinks that you should want to go back to normal. But I can barely remember being 'normal.' And I don't want to be. Sometimes it's nice to come here and remind myself why I love being who I am. And besides, I--kitty!" Gar nearly pasted himself to the glass and pointed a little ways away. "There's a female--I think it's Shere Connie--with her cubs. The boy one is Roo and the girl one is Kanga. There was a third named Tigger, hence the names, but it didn't make it."