The comment might be nothing, but he is curious. "Do you like elephants?"

She might never have met one before. Hell, Midge probably hasn't seen a lot of animals Muldoon works with every day. At least not up close. A zoo might not be her usual sort of place, but it's going to be very interesting seeing how she reacts to all the animals.

They keep going further out, though it helps that the road stretches out, free of much traffic, and Muldoon feels free to put the foot down.