That was when Alfred heard a rumble of thunder, and rain started to fall.
Alfred looked up, and saw a number of dark clouds. "Can't say I expected that!"
Sasha chuckled. "Having it be sunny and cloudless all the time gets boring."
Alfred looked at himself, noting how wet he was getting, as well as a distinct lack of clothing. "So, what do we do?"
"By the looks of things, it's going to rain for a while," said Sasha. "Come with me. I know of a cave." She started walking away.
Alfred followed. "Thanks. Also, do you know where there's clothes that I could wear?"
"Sure, if you don't mind looking like something out of one of those caveman movies," said Sasha. "There's a distinct lack of anything really advanced beyond Stone Age type of technology."
"Um, what are the clothes made out of?" Alfred asked.
Sasha chuckled. "Hide of course. I'm sure that mine could fit you."
Alfred's eyes widened. "You'd let someone kill and skin you, just to make me some clothes?"
"It's not too bad," said Sasha. "I would reform afterwards. Besides, you might want some meat to eat anyways."
"I don't think that I could go through with that," said Alfred. "I mean, does every animal here talk?"
"Yes," said Sasha. "It's nothing personal, for the most part. You might even like my meat."
"I don't think that I could do that to someone I know," said Alfred.
"Suit yourself," said Sasha. "Still, once you get tired of plant matter, I know of plenty of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and other Virtuous Prey animals, whom you might find to be tasty."
"And you don't mind this?" Alfred asked.
"They don't feel any pain, if that's what you're worried about," said Sasha. "Some even get a kick out of it."
"You mentioned Virtuous," said Alfred. "What about the other group, the Condemned, right?"
"They feel pain," said Sasha. "They are to suffer."
"What did they do to be Condemned?" Alfred asked.
"Killing just to kill, basically," said Sasha. "That or were very gluttonous, eating more than they needed to, or greedy, and horded way more than they needed, causing unneeded pain and suffering."
"How do they suffer?" Alfred asked.
"Let's just say that if I was a Condemned Predator, I wouldn't be able to catch you if you tried to escape from me," said Sasha. "If you were Condemned, you wouldn't be able to escape me."
"So, just what am I, exactly?" Alfred asked.
"Humans count as both Predator and Prey," said Sasha. "A number of smaller Carnivores and Omnivores have both classifications of Predator and Prey if there's something that can eat them and they can eat smaller animals."
"So, the Food Web thing is, more or less, intact, basically?" Alfred asked.
"Some could say that," said Sasha. "Of course, one thing that you might want to get used to is the fact that you aren't the Apex Predator, as it were."
"So, you could eat me, right?" Alfred asked.
"I could, but only if you give me permission to do so," said Sasha. "There's something of a 'No means No' rule. You say 'Yes', and I could chow down on you. You say 'No', and I'd have to respect it, even if you said 'Yes' a moment prior."
"I see," said Alfred.
"Got the same rule where sex is concerned," said Sasha. "I'd have to ask if you wanted to have sex with me, and respect your wishes if you said 'No'."
"Wait, you could have sex with me?" Alfred asked.
Sasha chuckled. "Sometimes male tigers aren't interested at the moment, same with other male big cats, and one just needs that itch to get scratched."
"I'm sure that there's a few rules against that sort of thing," said Alfred.
"Only when it isn't consensual," said Sasha. "Other than that, anything goes."
"Sounds crazy," said Alfred.
Sasha chuckled. "Well, if you can't find a female human, but want to have sex anyways, let me know. I can, at the very least, take the edge off."
"Let's file that for another time," said Alfred.
Sasha chuckled. She then looked ahead. "There's the cave. Should keep us dry, and we can watch the rain. Afterwards, I'll introduce you to the others around here."
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