"Hyenas are pretty cool as well, although this zoo doesn't have any. They're actually a matriarchal species. But not in the way elephants are."

Zev smiles at that. "Matriarchal, huh." 

"Yup. Some species actually realise that women are the ones who know what they're on." 'Chelle is very obviously joking about that.

"And there are people who believe humans are the smartest species. For shame," Zev jokes right back, bumping 'Chelle with his hip.

"I know, terrible isn't it? C'mon. Aye-ayes now if you two are ready?"

Zev could quite easily spend the rest of his life staring at the lions, but he could probably just nag someone later to bring him back. 

He loops his arm back around Nova. "Ready if you are."

Nova nods eagerly.

And an equally eager 'Chelle will lead them to the low-light exhibit. The aye-ayes are part way through, so they get to pass the galagos, slow lorises, armadillo and civets before they reach the aye-ayes.

Who are rather awake and climbing around the branches in their enclosure.

Zev has to be firmly pulled away from the civets, but does look enchanted by the aye-ayes. If not a little concerned. 

"How are they so cute but somehow also look like demons?"

"I know right? They're awesome, right?"

Nova is enthralled.

Zev is more concerned by the creatures, but smiles very happily at Nova being enthralled. 

'Chelle takes Nova's awe as a cue to start spouting off all the aye-aye facts she knows. She knows a lot of facts about aye-ayes.

A truly astonishing amount.

"Insomnia has some perks," Lan whispers to Zev so as not to disturb Nova and 'Chelle. "And one of those perks is a truly astonishing breadth of knowledge about seemingly insignificant things."

"You never know when such information could be useful, but truly does the mind catalogue the strangest things."

"I have an upsetting number of rules of etiquette branded into my brain. I'm still trying to get them out."

"Leave it to me. I'll get them out."

"I'd surely appreciate that."

And 'Chelle seems to have run out of facts eventually.

"What, they don't turn invisible? Predict the future?"

"Not that we've been able to discover. But we also haven't figured out how to speak aye-aye yet, so...doesn't mean much. Also like. At night? These guys basically are invisible. Camouflage from predators."

"Not in a zoo, apparently."

"I mean. Sometimes they're harder to see than this. But seeing the animals is kind of the point of a zoo."

Zev nods his head to the side, smirking. "You got me there."