I must disagree with all of you. Clearly, it's just straight upÂ
Nothing more, nothing less. :P
EDIT: Oh, also I am very excited to see this story continue, and I love that we potentially have a story set in Elephantaria... which, if I am guessing correctly, I think is a first? So congrats on that! (Or not, if I'm wrong and we end up somehwere else, which is also exciting nontheless!)