The naked five-year-old sat in his padded office chair with his legs tucked underneath him and the cheeks of his little butt seated upon the heels of his feet in order to allow himself to gain access to the computer's keyboard and mouse on the large desk in front of him by simply leaning forward a little bit on his knees.
Chris's recent return to childhood had shrunk him down to the height of 3'4", thus making it a little more difficult for him to reach them. "I dunno' know why Twavisth e'ew thought we needed a desk thisth big!" He muttered to himself. Once the boy had got himself situated, Chris then proceeded to resume his exploration of the X-Reality Program further.
Unsure of what he should try next, Chris once again began examining the various options listed in the program's menu. Having undergone three dramatic transformations already, Chris wanted the next one to be that of something entirely different from what he had done so far. While trying to decide what to do next, Chris moved the cursor over the animal option. “Hmm...I wondew how it wouod feeo to be an animao?” Chris thought to himself; curious, he clicked on an option labeled species. Doing so opened up a menu containing at first only three options “Carnivores”, “Herbivores” and “Omnivores”. By selecting one of them opened up an extensive alphabetized list of animal species of that specific category. Chris was amazed by the sheer amount of animal species the program offered, the names of every creature that had inhabited the earth was there, including ones that were extinct! "Wow, there are tho many!" he said in astonishment.
This made Chris think back to earlier, when he had been an adult white woman named Crystal and how overwhelming it was to decide which ethnicity to become before choosing to turn herself into a black woman. Compared to this, that was nothing.
There were way more options this time, the only question is which one would he choose?
While the thought of turning into an animal seemed like it would be quite the experience, there was another thing to consider. what if he could not change back? Even though he could use the program’s aware option so he would still have his human mind, how would he be able to use the computer to become human again if he had paws instead of hands?
Therefore, Chris knew it would be wise to learn more about the program first and make his choice carefully before undergoing such a transformation as he resumed looking through the seemingly endless list of animal species.
While browsing through the many options, one in particular caught his eye...