[For the most part, the sea lion show is exactly what Sakuma expected, especially with Lapis Lazuli heading the performance. Unsurprisingly, the crowd watches in awe at the manipulation of the water and cleverness of the animals, both things which even Sakuma appreciates, or tries to, but has great difficulty overlooking when one of the patrons is given an aquatic boot out of the stadium.
It's not as if the guy didn't deserve to face repercussions for carelessly polluting the water of the sea lions, but Lapis' methods were...
...well, extreme. To say the very least.
Such that, when her performance concludes, the first thing Sakuma does isn't go and see her, but go and check on the man who'd gotten tossed out to make sure that he's alright. And he is, Sakuma discovers as soon as he exits the stadium among a throng of people, his attention immediately drawn to the sharp wailing of a man caught by his shirt on the overhang of the entrance. He hasn't any idea if that was Lapis' intention or not, but the softly shaken head of a couple nearby zoo employees indicates that this isn't as uncommon an occurrence as they'd probably like.
In any case, he steps to the side to wait out front like he'd promised he'd do, all the while watching as someone goes to (unhurriedly) fetch a ladder to help get the man down...]
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It's not as if the guy didn't deserve to face repercussions for carelessly polluting the water of the sea lions, but Lapis' methods were...
...well, extreme. To say the very least.
Such that, when her performance concludes, the first thing Sakuma does isn't go and see her, but go and check on the man who'd gotten tossed out to make sure that he's alright. And he is, Sakuma discovers as soon as he exits the stadium among a throng of people, his attention immediately drawn to the sharp wailing of a man caught by his shirt on the overhang of the entrance. He hasn't any idea if that was Lapis' intention or not, but the softly shaken head of a couple nearby zoo employees indicates that this isn't as uncommon an occurrence as they'd probably like.
In any case, he steps to the side to wait out front like he'd promised he'd do, all the while watching as someone goes to (unhurriedly) fetch a ladder to help get the man down...]