"Your physical came back, and it looks like you're a healthy young man. Now, let's see what we've got available for you.."
Riley hadn't felt nervous the entire time he'd been at the regeneration clinic, but now he was starting to - just a bit. Things had changed a lot since 2010: for one, college students were required to sign up in order to receive financial aid, with their service payable after they finished school. Riley had signed on to get free tuition, hoping that they'd end the program before he graduated. The good news was that the program had started branching out from farm animals, or so he'd heard. The bad news was that it was taking in more recruits than ever.
Being stripped naked in front of a young female med school graduate for a physical hadn't helped any, either. He'd been poked, prodded, and even had his cock put in a suction tube as a "virility test" to determine his eligibility as a breeder. He wasn't sure if he envied the doctor for not having to go through this, or pitied her for having to do this to people every day.
The doctor wheeled her chair next to him and placed her laptop between them. "It looks like we've got a lot of openings right now, so you have a few choices."
All Riley could do was nod.
"First off, we've got the farm program. Cows, chickens, sheep.. not so much pigs anymore, but we still do them on occasion if people ask. You probably wouldn't be interested, though."
"Why not?"
"Well, if you go that route, you'll become female. Not that there's anything wrong with that, and of course we respect your existing sexual orientation even if you do change sexes, so you'd never be forced to be with a male unless you want to. Most of the people who want to be breeders are already partners or married anyway. It's a pretty cushy job: wake up in the morning, get milked or lay your eggs, and go about your day. You can even leave the farm during the day if you want to try and hold down a job or study."
Riley thought about it for a minute, before the doctor interrupted him. "Don't think too hard about it yet. There's also the Centaur program, which has openings for males. It's an experimental thing - I think they want to see if they can cut down on traffic by replacing cars with centaur bodies. The system tells me it involves a lot of lifestyle changes, too. You wouldn't be stuck on a farm, but it says that facilities for centaurs outside of those are pretty limited."
"Because you wouldn't fit through doors, right?"
"Right. Beyond that, there's the Big Cat program. It's another experimental one, says it's about saving energy. Guess if you can see in the dark, you probably don't need lights. That's also accepting both sexes, and it looks like you'd never see a farm at all past your initial transformation stages."
"Wow.. there's a lot more choices than I thought there'd be."
"That's not even the last one. There's a few smaller programs too, like the Aquatic one. But take your time. I don't need your decision today, but I'd need it within the next week or so."
Riley looked at the screen, scrolling up and down. He had a pretty good idea of what he wanted to be, and that was..