As tempting as the thought was, Mike decided he was not ready to become a full animal. At least, not yet. The intensity of the sexual pleasure was still fresh in his mind, and the thought of a whole field of willing mares was very tempting. "Uh, I don't know about being a stallion all the way. Maybe later? I don't think I want to be just an animal."
Liam chuckled and patted his side affectionately. "'Just' an animal? You are magnificent even now! Probably the most handsome centaur ever. If you went all the way to a Shire stallion, there would be kings fighting over you and your offspring for decades, maybe centuries!"
Wow! Mike's resolve weakened a bit more, but he would remain a centaur for now. There was plenty of time to go fully Shire later. "Yeah, that sounds great. We'll do that later, OK? I want to be a centaur for a while, first."
The stable boy nodded, then opened the gate. "Come on out of there. I'll get her cleaned up and then give you a once-over. There's an empty stall right next door."
Tye watched from his unseen vantage point as the massive black centaur shuffled out of the mare's stall and into what was probably going to end up being his permanent home. Mike was obviously falling into the trap that Liam had set for him. Yet the stable boy had pulled no tricks, told no lies, not even stretched the truth. Instead, Liam had offered power, size, strength, and lust, at the same time he removed social pressures and issues of conscience. The former teenage human was being offered a life with no responsibilities, no worries, and a lot of pleasure. Mike was not asking any questions, allowing Liam almost total control. And it had cost the centaur much already - he was mentally an animal in many ways now. Centaurs did have some behavior standards, such as bathroom habits and reservations about being handled like normal horses. Mike no longer had any of those, nor could he even comprehend them. Tye grinned to himself - it was likely that Mike's mentality changes were not reversible here, and maybe not even if he made it back to their own world. Not that Tye expected Mike to make it out of Liam's care, much less get out of this adventure.
Mike relaxed in the large stall next to the mare's as Lima brushed her down and mucked out. He felt amazing, content and satisfied in a way he had never experienced before. There was no sense of guilt or shame, or even responsibility. Unlike the risks associated with having sex as a human, he had total freedom. He was not expected to have any responsibility!
Liam finished up with the mare and came into Mike's stall. The former human did not think anything of being cleaned and handled this time, he just accepted it all as normal. In fact, he did not really think of much at all. Mike felt a little sleepy, a dull haze of contentment settling over his thoughts.