Obligatory Technobabble

The short woman looks at me and smiles. "You don't want to be a wild dog do you?"

"Not really."

"Well, then you need to wear a collar. Besides it also serves to stabilize your form." She opens the collar and shows me the inside is full of electronic circuitry and contact plates. I notice that what I took for a leash is really a data cable of some sort.

"What happens if I don't wear it or someone takes it off later?"

"This is a new experimental technique, so we don't really know for sure. You could remain a dog, turn back into a human, become something else entirely... or cease to be anything at all."

The tall woman, who has been busy activating and adjusting the complicated equipment that covers every free surface except for the floor and a small desk, comes over and joins the discussion. "That won't happen with the collar though," she says. "To oversimplify to the extreme, what we'll do is break down your morphic field and replace it with a different one. Actually that's impossible, so we fake it."

"What? How?"

"I'm afraid even the simple explanation would require a couple of years in university. Anyway you'll be safe with the collar. Any particular wishes for your race? Shrinking can be tricky, so I recommend a big one, and anyway the system is set up for dalmatians right now."

1. I put on the collar.
2. I have more questions.
3. This sounds way too dangerous! Let me out of here!
4. Someone enters the room.

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