"Like something's missing," she said, as high school went out the window, elementary not far behind. Lilly's brain overall began to shrink slightly, not needing to take up the space proportional to its previous role.
Her entire education wiped, she just frowned. Having removed her original education, it began loading a new one on. A much smaller file. Days of obedience training, as opposed to years.
Name: Lily
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Occupation: Pet
Owner: Sandra Perkins
The two might have wondered about the changes, as Jeff was. Why were they different ages? How had Sandy become Sandra? Why did Lilly lose an 'l' in her name?
Instead, both females were wondering what had happened. The Chronovac hadn't touched their memories, just their knowledge. At least not yet.
"Parameter test complete. Beginning adjustments, time to completion, 72 hours. Safety engaged. User file to be updated at completion of program." Apparently, Jeff had engaged some sort of safety that would change him after the rest of the world.
Outside, Lily and Sandra found themselves back on the ground. Sandra smoothed her clothes, and looked at herself, with some confusion. "I think we'd better head home," she told her companion.