"AHH!"
The store owner chuckled. "Shocked by my appearance?".
Laura calmed herself quickly, she didn't want to offend the man. "I'm sorry... I just wanted to know how t-"
"To get your friends back?"
"Yes... How did you k-"
"Know that? You do realize that I do own the shop, right?"
"Well, yeah, but-"
"You want them to be back to normal because you are forgetting that they are human?"
"No! I mean, Yes! I mean... Help me, please"
"Why?"
"What do you mean?"
"Why do you want them to be human?"
"Because they were, weren't they?"
"Were they human?"
"I... I don't..."
"Why would you want those lovable talking animals to be some smelly human?"
"Ye... that's no... Yeah, why would I change them?"
"Why would you be a smelly human? You don't want to be one of those, do you?"
"I... But I... I d... I don't want to be one of those stupid, smelly humans. They are disgusting!"
"That's why you came to the Magic Shop, right? To touch the crystal ball?"
"Ye... No... Yes... Yes, I did"
"Well, what's stopping you?"
"Yes... I need to... Remove human... become animal..."
Laura was walking to the crystal ball, almost reaching it enough to touch it...