The 4 foot or so female mostly feral otter woke up in the bed. She hopped off & went to the closet. [Where is my cloth....damn it! I keep forgetting I don't wear clothes anymore! Or shoes or really anything anymore!] The otter thought getting pissed (again). The otter heard a car horn & knew who it was. The otter walked over & grabbed her vocalizer collar off the nightstand & with some difficulty got it on around her neck. The man in the car named Max saw the otter come out of the house. The otter walked over to the car & Max let the otter in. Max again (as he'd done for 2 years) suggested "Maybe you should live in that animal sanctuary." The otter looked at the human cross saying through the vocalizer "Shut up about that." Max was the otter's caretaker. He was one of many assigned to people who became animals. He was to assist in any way he could. Assist the otter however he could. "Your life would be better there." Max said as he drove. "I said shut up." The otter growled. "I'm just trying to help you." Max said defensively. The otter again told to him "Shut up!" Max finally getting frustrated pulled the car over to the side of the road & parked. "Ok I am going to tell you the goal of this program. It's to get people like you to go to a zoo or sanctuary or whatever to. To get you to live as the animal you are." The otter said growling shocked "You serious?!" Max answered nodding"Yes. That's ultimately the goal here." "You want me to live in an animal sanctuary or a zoo as an animal?!" The otter yelled shocked. Max getting angry "You are an animal! Look at yourself! And without that vocalizer no one would know your barks, growls & all that are you talking!" The otter looked down at her paw/feet said sadly "I know what I am." Max now feeling feeling bad said "I'm taking you to the park so you can swim in their pond." Max started the car up & they were on their way. There was noore said on the way to the park.
At the park...
Max & the otter approached the pond. The otter told Max "I'm not stupid. I know I'm an animal. I know I can't trying to live in society. I'm not human anymore. But I don't think I can live as an otter yet." The otter removed her vocalizer collar & handed it to Max. The collar wasn't totally waterproof. The otter made a total otter vocalization. The otter dropped to all fours & ran to the pond & jumped into the water. [Are already are an otter.] Max thought sighing.