At 100 miles out, Jeff noticed the change immediately. Nothing had changed physically but Jeff's thinking pattern had changed. He still had the
personality, preferences and behaviors of a dog but he no longer felt okay about it. He looked at himself and wondered, "Why am I naked in a
pet carrier?" He wanted to cover himself. He opened the door on the pet carrier and began rummaging for clothes.
Jason drove a little further but then pulled over in a relatively secluded spot. There were occasional cars passing by but Jason had found a place
to pull into where they wouldn't be noticed. He came back to the pet carrier where Jeff was. Jeff hadn't found anything yet but embarrassed at
being seen this way by Jason, Jeff pulled his hand back to cover himself. Jason shut the door on the pet carrier.
Jason asked, "You like being a dog? I've had you in the same sleeping bag with me you pervert."
Jeff said, "But we didn't do anything. I was a dog."
Jason said, "I know. I remember everything."
Jeff asked, "Didn't you enjoy it?"
Jason sat down but kept his hand on the pet carrier door keeping it closed with Jeff inside. "It was great having a dog. I'd always wanted a dog
and I found myself wishing that you were my dog. But you're a freak and now I'm one too."
Jeff asked, "What are you going to do with me?"
Jason didn't say anything. He rummaged through his stuff and found a padlock which he used to lock Jeff in. Then he went back to driving.
Jeff asked, "Can't I have some clothes?" but Jason didn't say anything.
Jeff contemplated how he'd spent years nearly naked without thinking anything about it but now felt very uncomfortable.
Jason changed direction and wasn't driving to the wilderness anymore. He continued to ignore Jeff and they pulled up at a motel. Jason got out
and opened the pet carrier to let Jeff out. "You're a dog and this motel allows dogs." Jason attached the leash and led Jeff into the motel. The
motel clerk screamed and made a commotion about how they were trying to run a family motel. She insisted that Jeff couldn't walk around
naked. So they went back to the car and Jason found some clothes for Jeff. Than the motel clerk allowed them to register but she still eyed
them with suspicion and warned them to not disturb any of the other guests with their deviance. Jason told Jeff, "This is your fault. You've got
everyone thinking I'm some kind of deviant."
They got into the room and as soon as the door was closed, Jason said, "Strip."
Jeff asked, "Why. I'm a human now."
Jason said, "Nope, you're still a dog. I know enough about you to know that you still have dog-like thinking. That Chronivac of yours may not
be influencing your thought patterns as much but you're not acting fully human. So strip."
Jeff realized that Jason was right. Although Jeff no longer felt like it was okay to be naked in public, his dog-like mentality was very
uncomfortable in the clothing and he wanted to be free and Jeff was still on the leash and still felt the effect of his experience in obedience
school. It was best if he obeyed.
After stripping, Jason slowed down as if unable to make up his mind about what to do next. Jeff said, "We're not gay."
Jason said, "I know. I have absolutely no sexual desires for you and I know you don't have those desires for me. I remember how good it felt to
sleep next to you and want to feel that good again but no matter how close we got, it was never sexual." Jason then reached over and held
Jeff's balls. "These are the problem. Even when I thought of you as a dog, I always wished that you didn't have these. When I thought of you as
a dog, I only thought about getting rid of your balls to keep you from sexual entanglements with other dogs but now that you are human, I
want to get rid of your balls so I can sleep with you again and not have to worry about sexual entanglements with me."
Jeff said, "Imagine how I feel. You have balls to. When I thought of myself as a dog, I had specifically set the Chronivac to prevent sexual
entanglements of any kind. But without the influence of the Chronivac, the idea that you have balls gets in the way as I fear a sexual
entanglement as well."
Jason said, "Well I'm not getting rid of my balls for you."
Jeff said, "You expect me to get rid of my balls for you? Not going to happen. I don't know what I want my future to be like but I haven't ruled
out the possibility of finding a girlfriend."
Jason squeezed Jeff's balls and he doubled over in pain. "I'm going to take you to the doctor and get you neutered as soon as possible. I want
my dog back."
Jeff said, "You always were too controlling. That's why I chose to be Mark's dog and not yours."
Jason let go and left the room. Jeff got dressed and went for a walk. He walked to a park and found guys playing frisbee and he joined the
game. The guys did think he was strange because he kept acting like a dog but the guys just thought he was being funny. After a while though,
they wandered away complaining that Jeff was taking his dog act too far for comfort.
Jeff returned to the room and Jason was there. They reconciled their friendship agreeing that they needed to get back under the influence of
the Chronivac as soon as possible. It was late so they spent the night at the motel. They shared the bed naked like they had done many times
before ignoring their human genitalia. They did have erections at night but they ignored those too.
Waking up in the morning with their friendship intact and strong, they bundled into the car for the return trip. Jeff stripped and got back into
the pet carrier in anticipation of getting back under the influence of the Chronivac. Jason pet Jeff for a while, even massaging his back, and
then drove toward home by the fastest route he could.
Unfortunately, they caught the attention of a cop who pulled them over and proceeded to arrest Jeff for indecent exposure. The cop almost
arrested Jason as well but just gave him a ticket and a summons to appear in court.
Prison was terrifying to Jeff. Being arrested naked and thrown into jail with a rough crowd, the other prisoners quickly learned the story of how
much of a freak Jeff was. They couldn't do anything immediately because the guards were watching but they were already making whispers of
what they were going to do when the got a chance.
Later, they got a chance and began closing in on Jeff. Something bad was about to happen. Then suddenly everyone changed their mind. Jeff
felt it too. It was normal again for him to be dog-like. The criminals suddenly perked up and began petting Jeff. They thanked the guards for
allowing a dog into the prison. Jeff stripped out of his prison uniform and they took Jeff out into the prison yard to play fetch.
The guards were confused about who let the dog in and before long, the guards insisted that the dog be taken out of the prison. But before he
was released, he had visitors. Jeff didn't have a lawyer but he was told that one of the visitors was claiming to be his lawyer. The guard said,
"You can have five more minutes of fetch then we've scrounged up a leash and found your collar. I'll lead you to your visitors then."
The visitors did not treat Jeff like a dog but they did not freak out about him. One said, "I'm Larry Tuke from TransDem and this is the
TransDem lawyer but he can be your lawyer if you want him. I've come to make a proposal. We've been monitoring you for years and we have
been pleased with your use of the Chronivac. We've learned a lot. Many of the other people who received Chronivacs quickly got into trouble
and we had to rescue them and some were beyond rescue. It seems that if we allow people to use the Chronivac on others, they quickly turn it
to harmful means and we've had to make modifications to the Chronivac to prevent that. But you only used it on yourself and have improved
your life and the lives of people around you. Therefore we decided to give you an upgrade to your Chronivac. You no longer need to worry
about the 100 mile limit. We've set satellites to broadcast over the whole Earth so that everyone accepts your life. We'd also like to give you a
job as our spokesperson and mascot. You will star in commercials showing how happy you are playing fetch and being everyone's favorite
dog-boy."
They talked a while and Jeff asked the question, "Why did the Chronivac predict this as being what I would want? Did the Chronivac think I
wanted to be dominated by others or that I wanted to run around naked and have people touching my body?"
Larry answered, "From what we can tell, you wanted to trust people. Yes, you have some desire to be touched but our analysis indicates that
you didn't want to be submissive, you didn't want to be exhibitionistic, and your sexual appetite was average for a seventeen year old and
heterosexual in direction. But the Chronivac detected that your greatest desire was to lower your guard, to not have to put on an act, to be
vulnerable but you wanted to be able to trust that no one would take advantage of your vulnerability. The Chronivac, limited in its ability to
innovate, figured this would be the best way to give you what you want. The dog part of you is vulnerable, unguarded, able to just play and
have fun while the human part of you can still exercise some control over your future. Our research department is thinking of better ways to
give you what you want but in the meantime, you've been satisfied as a dog-boy right?"
Jeff said, "As long as I have an owner like Mark who I trust."
Larry said, "Alright, we're set to be immune to the Chronivac influence right now so we can conduct business. To us, you're a naked young man
and I have no desire to pet you. If we were not immune to the Chronivac influence, I'd probably pet you and say, "Good boy."