Ryan is just out of Jeff’s line of sight, so Jeff does not notice Ryan pulling out his phone and aiming it at him. Jeff is also still deep in thought, trying to figure out the weird situation he is in, ‘it has been a while since the last change,’ he thinks to himself, ‘I wonder when the next change will happen.’
Ryan’s phone pings and a message pops up, “scan successful. Please select “continue” to continue.” When Ryan clicks on “continue” he finds himself in the “folder” window, where all of the stored files of the scanned “subjects” are stored. He scrolls through the files until he finds one labeled, “Mare”, every other file has the given name of the scanned animal. One might assume that, when Jeff is scanned his name should show up, but, since the Chronivac used on him belongs to the Vet, who does not know if the “Mare” has a name or not, the Chronivac picks up on that information. Ryan opens the file, this is what he sees:
Name: -
Age: -
Gender: Mare
Genitals: -
Species: Equine
Race: American Quarter Horse
Reproductive Organs: none
Eye Color: brown
Fur: none
Mane: -
Tail: -
Hooves: -
Head and Face: -
Neck: -
Horseshoes: no
Ryan looks up at Dan, “the scan shows that she is nameless and her age is not known,” he says, “is there a name you want to give her? I could set her age to be six or seven, which is the perfect age to breed.”
Dan nods, “I think six is great and as for the name… I think I’ll name her “Star”,” he says, grinning, “she WILL be the star of this Ranch after all!”
Ryan chuckles, “then let’s get this done,” he says and edits the “Mare’s” file, which then shows the following:
Name: Star
Age: 6
Gender: Mare
Genitals: female
Species: Equine
Race: American Quarter Horse
Reproductive Organs: yes
Eye Color: brown
Fur: black
Mane: black
Tail: black
Hooves: yes
Head and Face: Horse
Neck: Horse
Horseshoes: yes
Satisfied with the changes, Ryan confirms them, “it’ll take a while for the changes to set in and complete,” he says, turning to Dan, “want to grab a snack while we wait?”
“Sure, let’s head back to the main house,” Dan says, so the two men leave.