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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Unlike Linda, Kyle, and Khatin, all of whom had a variation of AwesomeDearBoy as a primary motivator behind their acceptance of Theodore's offer and had lived fairly happy and fulfilling lives in their chosen fields long before they received the offer, Nikolai is at a bad point in his life when Theodore first finds him and accepts the offer more out of a desire to [[TheAtoner make up for what he perceives to be]] [[MyGreatestFailure great wrongs he committed in the past]] than out of a desire for getting involved in a spectacular new opportunity for his field.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: As detailed in AwesomeDearBoy above, the opportunity to both work with and make notes and published findings on real and alive dinosaurs and other extinct animals from eras long past proves a major factor in Kyle, Linda, and Khatin's accepting Theodore's offer to work at the park.
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* AdaptationExpansion: This chapter allows for a fairly in-depth look at the backstories of Kyle, Linda, Nikolai, and Khatin; information that they all sorely lacked in ''Fanfic/PrehistoricEarth''.
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* BullyingADragon: Apparently, a Mexican bartender and his two cronies attempted to threaten Nikolai (an ex-Spetsnaz sniper) about his unpaid tab. It culminated in the scrawny crony missing three teeth, the fat crony with a broken nose and the barman cowering underneath the table.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Theodore is this in full force. Not only does he give Nikolai a job, helping him get out of his lowest point, but pays off his entire bar tab with his own money and even uses funds from his own pockets to help a harassed waitress whose honour Nikolai had gotten into a barfight over (as well as his unpaid tab) get her own life turned around as well.
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* PetTheDog: Theodore not only helped get Nikolai out of his absolute lowest point in life, but even used funds from his own pockets to help a harassed woman that Nikolai had gotten into a barfight for the sake of trying to defend (although admittedly, Nikolai's failing to pay his tab was also a contributing factor to said fight) get her own life turned around as well.
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* TheAtoner: Nikolai's desire to be this in regards to the great wrongs he considers himself to have committed during his time in the Spetsnaz proves his primary motivation behind accepting Theodore's offer to work for him.
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* BigGood: Theodore shows his chops as this in full force over the course of his approaching Linda, Kyle, Khatin, and Nikolai and giving them the fateful offer to work for him at first Novum, and then later Prehistoric Park.
* DrowningMySorrows: What Nikolai was reduced to doing in between the day he quit the Spetsnaz and the day he met [[BigGood Theodore]].
* DrowningMySorrows: What Nikolai was reduced to doing in between the day he quit the Spetsnaz and the day he met [[BigGood Theodore]].
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Unlike Linda, Kyle, and Khatin, all of whom had a variation of AwesomeDearBoy as a primary motivator behind their acceptance of Theodore's offer and had lived fairly happy and fulfilling lives in their chosen fields long before they received the offer, Nikolai is at a bad point in his life when Theodore first finds him and accepts the offer more out of a desire to [[TheAtoner make up for what he perceives to be]] [[MyGreatestFailure great wrongs he committed in the past]] than out of a desire for getting involved in a spectacular new opportunity for his field.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Linda clearly has Arlo's best interests at heart as she keeps a close eye on him during his time in his recovery pen.
* KindlyVet: Linda is her usually kindly self in her scenes in this chapter.
* PetTheDog: Theodore not only helped get Nikolai out of his absolute lowest point in life, but even used funds from his own pockets to help a harassed woman that Nikolai had gotten into a barfight for the sake of trying to defend (although admittedly, Nikolai's failing to pay his tab was also a contributing factor to said fight) get her own life turned around as well.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Nikolai suffered from heavy PTSD thanks to the horrors he underwent in his time in the Spetsnaz.
* SurvivorsGuilt: One of the things that weighed very heavily on Nikolai's mind both before and after his departure from the Spetsnaz (and somewhat still weighs heavily on his mind even in his new life at Novum and Prehistoric Park) is his inability to save several good friends he'd had in the Spetsnaz who ended up dying while we himself was helpless to do anything to save them.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Unlike Linda, Kyle, and Khatin, all of whom had a variation of AwesomeDearBoy as a primary motivator behind their acceptance of Theodore's offer and had lived fairly happy and fulfilling lives in their chosen fields long before they received the offer, Nikolai is at a bad point in his life when Theodore first finds him and accepts the offer more out of a desire to [[TheAtoner make up for what he perceives to be]] [[MyGreatestFailure great wrongs he committed in the past]] than out of a desire for getting involved in a spectacular new opportunity for hisfield.field.
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: The other thing that weighs heavily on Nikolai's mind alongside his SurvivorsGuilt is just how many people whose lives he himself personally ended over the course of his service to the Spetsnaz.
* KindlyVet: Linda is her usually kindly self in her scenes in this chapter.
* PetTheDog: Theodore not only helped get Nikolai out of his absolute lowest point in life, but even used funds from his own pockets to help a harassed woman that Nikolai had gotten into a barfight for the sake of trying to defend (although admittedly, Nikolai's failing to pay his tab was also a contributing factor to said fight) get her own life turned around as well.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Nikolai suffered from heavy PTSD thanks to the horrors he underwent in his time in the Spetsnaz.
* SurvivorsGuilt: One of the things that weighed very heavily on Nikolai's mind both before and after his departure from the Spetsnaz (and somewhat still weighs heavily on his mind even in his new life at Novum and Prehistoric Park) is his inability to save several good friends he'd had in the Spetsnaz who ended up dying while we himself was helpless to do anything to save them.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Unlike Linda, Kyle, and Khatin, all of whom had a variation of AwesomeDearBoy as a primary motivator behind their acceptance of Theodore's offer and had lived fairly happy and fulfilling lives in their chosen fields long before they received the offer, Nikolai is at a bad point in his life when Theodore first finds him and accepts the offer more out of a desire to [[TheAtoner make up for what he perceives to be]] [[MyGreatestFailure great wrongs he committed in the past]] than out of a desire for getting involved in a spectacular new opportunity for his
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: The other thing that weighs heavily on Nikolai's mind alongside his SurvivorsGuilt is just how many people whose lives he himself personally ended over the course of his service to the Spetsnaz.
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In the days immediately following the events of the park's very first rescue mission, the four chiefs of staff are hard at work in their respective fields, but not without getting the chance to reflect on the sheer enormity of what they're doing and eagerly looking forward to the future.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Serves as this for all four of the park's chiefs of staff.
* AwesomeDearBoy: All but stated word for word to be a primary reason behind Linda, Kyle, and Khatin accepting Theodore's offer for them to work at the park. After all, it's not every day that they get to work with animals that had initially spent countless years extinct.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: As detailed in AwesomeDearBoy above, the opportunity to both work with and make notes and published findings on real and alive dinosaurs and other extinct animals from eras long past proves a major factor in Kyle, Linda, and Khatin's accepting Theodore's offer to work at the park.
* GentleGiantSauropod: Arlo the apatosaurus is featured leisurely walking around his recovery pen while Linda keeps a watchful eye on him.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Unlike Linda, Kyle, and Khatin, all of whom had a variation of AwesomeDearBoy as a primary motivator behind their acceptance of Theodore's offer and had lived fairly happy and fulfilling lives in their chosen fields long before they received the offer, Nikolai is at a bad point in his life when Theodore first finds him and accepts the offer more out of a desire to [[TheAtoner make up for what he perceives to be]] [[MyGreatestFailure great wrongs he committed in the past]] than out of a desire for getting involved in a spectacular new opportunity for his field.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Serves as this for all four of the park's chiefs of staff.
* AwesomeDearBoy: All but stated word for word to be a primary reason behind Linda, Kyle, and Khatin accepting Theodore's offer for them to work at the park. After all, it's not every day that they get to work with animals that had initially spent countless years extinct.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: As detailed in AwesomeDearBoy above, the opportunity to both work with and make notes and published findings on real and alive dinosaurs and other extinct animals from eras long past proves a major factor in Kyle, Linda, and Khatin's accepting Theodore's offer to work at the park.
* GentleGiantSauropod: Arlo the apatosaurus is featured leisurely walking around his recovery pen while Linda keeps a watchful eye on him.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Unlike Linda, Kyle, and Khatin, all of whom had a variation of AwesomeDearBoy as a primary motivator behind their acceptance of Theodore's offer and had lived fairly happy and fulfilling lives in their chosen fields long before they received the offer, Nikolai is at a bad point in his life when Theodore first finds him and accepts the offer more out of a desire to [[TheAtoner make up for what he perceives to be]] [[MyGreatestFailure great wrongs he committed in the past]] than out of a desire for getting involved in a spectacular new opportunity for his field.
