There's an awful lot of breathin' room, but I can hardly move

"I've always been this way. You never got to see it because I held so much back. I don't feel like I have to anymore." He grinned and laughed. There's a freedom here that he never felt before between the two of them. Dick can admit all that he held back in fear of pushing to much to hard, too quickly. Now that they are together, Dick lets himself be who he is, one hundred percent. There's no more reason to be secretive.

Plus, this is fun, being on a date and being silly.

"Bears? That's cool. I think I've seen some jungle rats, and things like deer and a few small animals, but nothing all that exciting. I'm always in the city. Look..." Dick moves over to the special enclosure for the mother and her babies, then looks with his mouth open, utterly gobsmacked.

"Look at these babies. They are so small, and the mom just lets them crawl all over her. She looks fed up, like she's about to snap. I guess all moms get that way. I mean, I don't know from my parents, but it's a guess." He laughs and points at the one that just rolled over and fell down from his mom's body.