The tiger cares for her just as he would care for any of his own kind, having long seen himself in something of a guardian role with his fellow tigers often able to confront things that would scare or kill them. So here, in Tamara, he feels a certain sense of responsability for keeping her from harm and having her live a full life, however thanks to the forigness of the park, a place that however familiar he may be with it he still dosen't call his own and that keeps him from assuming more responsability for her then he should, especially considering the collar on her.<br/><br/>"Well, yes I'd say. It's part of who you are, and though you don't have to behave like them, I think it would do you well to know more of your kind, perhaps even spending some time as a tigress in the wilds."<br/><br/>The last bit comes a bit reluctently, knowing that it would brush near a sensative topic of sex, after all living as a tigress in the wild also implies being mated in much the same fashion.<br/><br/>"Despite my ties to my home and my mates I still came here, and kept coming here despite the risks even to one such as myself. As a tiger, and even just as a living being I choose to take risks, and live life to the fullest. Because at the end of the day we can all find ourselves very suddenly at the end of our lives, and I refuse to come to that end asking questions of what I could have done better."