That night, Pete slept very soundly. As soundly as he had slept whist he was in the form of a Komodo Dragon back in the quarry, when he slept for three whole days whilst he digested the meal of the dead fox.
It was whilst in the deepest part of his sleep that night when the voice returned.
"You have done well today" the voice whispered "We are very pleased to see how well you achieved your first transformation."
As Pete slept in the deepest part of sleep, unconciously, he smiled to himself with pleasure.
"Some species of creature to whom we have granted the power to transform become terrified and they panic instead of what you did; you just accepted it and went along with it. Keep this up and more power might be given to you." The voice in his head was gentle and softly spoken and spoke to Pete reassuringly.
"Should you wish to in future" the voice continued " we now give you the ability to vary the speed at which you transform. Yesterday was, to put in your way of talking, the default setting. It was quite quickly done and once you'd started the process, it proceeded to its conclusion. It was also a trial run to see how you got on. But in the months and year to come, you may find you want to change instantly at some time, on the whim of a thought. Or at other times, you may want to be more in control of the changes so that you can do it stage by stage, conciously and slowly so that you can really savour the act of transformation. The latter would be better of course when you're alone. The former would be better when you can hide from people and then change suddenly."
From the depths of his slumber, Pete once again smiled unconciously and felt really good.
"We will leave you now to enjoy your transformational life. Remember, you can transform into any living being, animal or insect. The choice is yours. Be Happy in your Transformations!"
Despite being in the deepest of deep sleeps, Pete was absorbing everything the voice was saying to him. And he knew that next morning he would try out the new ways he was given in which he would transform.