No, this size is not on purpose. At its largest, The Menagerie has five women in it! They all adopt an animal identity for their kink/play persona. In chronological order they are; Alice Bolton - Kitten, Mia Russel - Puppy, Elsie Thompson - Piglet, Dove Fowler - Bird, Juliette Hammond - Bear Cub.

Grayson has been polyamorous the entire time he's had romantic and sexual relationships, but when he and Alice began their committed relationship he didn't have any plans to have a harem. When he met Mia he was intrigued by the way she spoke about her play persona and why she enjoyed puppy play as much as she did. Mia is the reason he started the play personas, she asked him to brand her, she's why he even considered trying to pursue other longterm serious relationships.

Every other addition to The Mengarie has been merely through happenstance. He didn't seek the other girls out with the intention of adding them to The Menagerie, it just sort of happened.

When Elsie was in high school! Learning to cook & bake was part of her treatment plan with Grayson when he was her psychiatrist. It was a sort of exposure therapy for her. It helped her learn to love food and she found a passion for baking and sharing sweet treats. She'd bring treats for her high school friends during lunch a lot.

No! She and grayson had a very long conversation (that will probably be a fic one day) in which he expressed his disappointment which was worse than a punishment would've been for her. She was really upset because Grayson had been explicit about keeping the fact that she used to be his patient a secret from Alice and Mia and it was a complete accident that she told Alice.