Its not really as grimdark as it might look, or at least, that’s not how I thought of it when drawing it.
This is just a vorish pony version of a double-date. Bring a friend and swap partners with them, enjoy the new taste and feel. And of course, mutual overstuffed bellyrubs.
Maybe swap ‘meals’ and carry your partner home. Its romantic in a bizarre, reality-defying kind of way.
The next day they would decide to let their passengers out or leave them for a day or two, until they decide to come back to the same spot where the game started.