I’ve never been to one of these hookah places before. Pablo fits in fine in his polo shirt and leather jacket, but I’m wearing what I always wear to these business negotiations: a Metropolitan Zoo T-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops.

I planned and planned. I followed the veterinarians around and I took vials of panda tranquilizers when they were not looking, and it was often that they forgot to look. The earth kept shaking, they were hungry, and many did not know what had become of th