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Hotel Manager: Now have you thought of what animal you’d like to be if you end up alone?

David: Yes. A lobster

Hotel Manager: Why a lobster?

David: Because lobsters live for over one hundred years, are blue-blooded like aristocrats, and stay fertile all their lives. I also like the sea very much.

Now the fact that you will turn into an animal if you fail to fall in love with someone during your stay here is not something that should upset you or get you down.

Just think, as an animal you’ll have a second chance to find a companion. But, even then, you must be careful; you need to choose a companion that is a similar type of animal to you.

A wolf and a penguin could never live together, nor could a camel and a hippopotamus. That would be absurd.