Mount Question

Mrs. Emshwiller,
I was wondering what course you thought humanity would take after the conclusion of the novel. Do you think that the Hoots and Humans would live together peacefully, or perhaps do you believe a world might have formed where man decided to enslave the Hoots. Any insight into this would be appreciated.

Emshwiller question

Mrs. Emshwiller,
How much did you intentionally focus on the different types of submission (through violence, through nurture, etc.) in "The Mount"? How much did creating a dominant species who are really dependent factor into the anatomy you designed for the Hoots?

Though I hope I'm not too provocative, how much psycho-sexual subtext should be read into the relationship between the Hoots and their admiration and need for submissive "mounts"?