"Daniel, I need a familiar. As you really should be able to guess, that familiar will be you. You'll be an anthro-animal, of course, as all modern day familiars are." "Why me?! Mom could find you a cat easily from the shelter!" "It needs to be a human to anthro-animal transformation to qualify. And before you go complaining to mom, it was her who suggested you would be best." "Aww man!" Dan sat down on the sofa and ruffled his hair with his hands. "Well," he said, looking up at Kat through worried blue eyes, "what am I going to be?"