Camelopardalis

“So,” asked Nick. “Can someone please tell me exactly what the fuck just happened?”
     “I’m sorry,” said Atalanta, “but I think it’s just another case of Jason Strikes Again.”
     “So, you’re telling me I should have seen this coming?”
     “Well, as mother always said, a leopard can’t change his spots.”
     “But why do something like that?” said Nick. “Why be like that? How does someone get that way?”
     “Maybe it’s like one of those stories,” said Atalanta, smiling. “How the Camel Got His Hump; How the Giraffe Got His Neck; . . .”
     “Exactly!” said Nick. “How the Ass Got His Hole.”