"That's a good boy, Chad, you're going to make a good pet," said his master's voice, "now get down on you belly and follow me."
Chad looked confused, maybe too much lube in his ears?
"Oh, right, you're going deaf!" Master said. Chad looked panicked. Master noticed and shouted, "that's normal, Chad, you're going deaf, but that's okay, that's normal, it's part of you becoming mine! You want to be mine, don't you, Chad!?"
Chad nodded emphatically. "Yes-s-s-s-s, ma-a-a-s-s-s-s-s-a-a-a-h," hissed Chad in a slurred whisper.
"Good, Chad, now lie down on your belly, and follow me," Master ordered.
Chad lay down on the dirt floor of the field house. He realized that all the lube seemed to have hardened or maybe it had been absorbed into his skin making it hard and scaly. He saw his Master walking away. He knew Master by another name, but now he only could think of him as Master. He started to crawl.
Master looked over his shoulder, and shouted, "no Chad! No hands and feet! Crawl by wiggling you body and belly, don't use your hands and feet. Tch, I thought those genes in the infusion gel would work faster. Still, ad you crawl using your body and not your limbs the genes being infused into your cells should rewrite your instincts. The only question is what will you become. You were a human mammal, wondering what kind of snake you'll make. If conservation of mass plays a role, guessing anaconda or python, but the book said you will shed excess mass, you might end up a garter snake or rat snake or maybe a rattler? Oh. Yeah! That's it boy waggle those hips. I can see the vertebra growing as your legs and arms fuse to your body, and we've only gone a few feet. It's 100 yards to the exit, maybe you will be changed by then!" Master said excitedly.
Chad was feeling the vibrations. The last words he recognized as words were "was human mammal" and "snake." He was moving faster as his bumps smoothed out being absorbed into his naked body.
He muttered as he crawled, "Ma-a-am-m-m-m-m-a-a-a-l, h-o-o-om-m-m-a-a-a-n, s-s-s-s-n-na-a-a-a-ke?"
Master is? Master was? I am Chad? Chad is Master's mine, Chad is owned, Chad belongs to Master. Chad was human, Chad is? Most Valuable Player, I am quarterback, Master is? Chad's mind moved sluggishly as his brain uncoiled and reconfigured even as his body became moving serpentine coils. Memories faded, then flashed in his mind. Chad's tongue darted out to taste the air, he was sliding naturally across the ground, his head was a inch behind his master's foot, and he remembered who he was and who his Master really was...