Jeff then went to his bedroom and got his Chronivac out. He thought about his day and realized that the Chronivac had been very accurate in
predicting what he wanted. He had enjoyed his day more than he expected. But then fear of losing his balls made Jeff realize that the Chronivac
had not been perfect in its prediction. There were some flaws. Jeff stayed up late studying the Chronivac trying to see how he could improve
the situation. He fell asleep Saturday night before he could learn anything.
By Sunday night, he understood a lot. He'd even found the portion of the program that changed the way people reacted to him. It was the
smallest portion of the program and there wasn't room for anything complicated. There was no way that he could specify any individuals other
than himself. The Chronivac sent waves of suggestions to everyone within 100 miles influencing the way they reacted to Jeff but this influence
could not distinguish one person from another. Overall, it simply suggested that everyone to think it was normal for Jeff to be a human with a
dog-like personality, preferences and behaviors. Jeff himself was under these same influential suggestions. These suggestions could be
resisted but unless someone purposefully resisted the suggestion, no one would resist the suggestion.
This influential suggestion did have some options that could be changed. One of these options was called hierarchy and it controlled whether
people considered themselves to superior to Jeff or inferior. Because Jeff was considered dog-like and it's normal for humans to be considered
superior to dogs, Jeff's hierarchy score was set low. Another of these options was called autonomy and it controlled the degree of freedom
people would give Jeff to make decisions for himself and this score was also set low. There was an option called favorability which controlled
whether people would be favorable to Jeff or would seek to cause Jeff misery. This score was set high. People would like Jeff and want to be
kind to him. There were a few options that controlled how aware people were of Jeff's change and a few other options as well. Jeff did reset his
autonomy score to be a little higher but decided that he still needed to do more research before he changed anything.
Monday, Jeff went to school. With an increased autonomy, he didn't need to be on a leash. He even argued with his mom as she wanted to
dress him up in one of those silly pet outfits but they came to a compromise and Jeff wore a vest, bow tie and shoes with his dog collar. Just
like Saturday and Sunday, people treated him fairly normal. They were aware that he was naked except for the vest. They were aware that he
was dog-like. But mostly, they still treated him like they had always treated him. His friends were still his friends. People who didn't like him
still didn't like him. The teachers still expected him to keep up with class work.
In P.E., the coach yelled at him for not wearing a jockstrap. So he went into the locker room to remove his vest and bow tie and he wore just a
jockstrap. In the showers, several of the guys wanted to wash Jeff as it was a treat to have a dog in the locker room.
At lunch, he sat with his friends as usual but Jason moved his tray to the floor, "I'm not going to have a dog sitting next to me while I'm eating."
Jeff took lunch as his opportunity to ask his friends about how they would treat him if he were their dog. As they were finishing lunch, Jason
grabbed Jeff by the balls and said, "You know you really ought to get these removed. They only cause dogs like you to become bad dogs and I
won't be friends with a bad dog. I'm not going to hang out with you anymore until these are gone and if they're not gone by Saturday, I'm going
to come looking for you with a neutering kit."
After school, Jeff's dad picked him up and took him to help pick out a pet carrier for the upcoming family vacation. Jeff got inside different
carriers and tested them for comfort. Then his dad purchased one and Jeff rode him in the pet carrier like a good boy.
Monday night, Jeff decided what changes needed to be made.