Al appreciated it. He was used to being nude around others. Even without being able to change for a hundred years, it was just a fact of life in the pride. Everyone ignored it, everyone was comfortable with it. Except the kings and queens from prurient England, who had never seen such free nudity before they arrived here. Peter, in particular, had a habit of staring whenever his pride shifted around him.
But part of growing up far from Narnia and the shifters was also questions like this. Al gaped for a moment, halfway into his shirt, trying to find an answer. Why not? The reasons were obvious to him; the power differentials between them. King and steward, beta and alpha -- it was all too complicated. How would they ever figure out the balance of their relationship? Not to mention that they were entirely different species. Al had never heard of anyone mating outside their species. Not ever.
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Date: 2016-05-25 01:47 pm (UTC)But part of growing up far from Narnia and the shifters was also questions like this. Al gaped for a moment, halfway into his shirt, trying to find an answer. Why not? The reasons were obvious to him; the power differentials between them. King and steward, beta and alpha -- it was all too complicated. How would they ever figure out the balance of their relationship? Not to mention that they were entirely different species. Al had never heard of anyone mating outside their species. Not ever.
"It just -- it isn't."