"Now," she says softly, "Let's run that lupine program, hmm?"

"Lupine?" he says weakly.

He can hear the virtuoroom making adjustments before it begins. She says in a husky, yet sultry voice, "Yes, my pet, lupine means wolf."

Before he can react, he feels his whole body being flooded with energy. His arms begin to swell as does his legs. He has been modified only once before (while testing the jungle virtuoroom), and he knows this "feeling." His muscles expand to huge proportions, as does the rest of his structure. He can "feel" the new software rewriting his base programming, noting how more animal-like he thinks now...almost primal.

She smiles slyly at him, "Oh yes, yes, you are turning out..." Before she can say anything else, Darian lets out a howl of pleasure or pain or...well, she is not sure, but she knew this would be the next step. He is unable to notice his facial features changing, his eyes and ears and...the muzzle. The sights and sounds and smells of the room start changing as his perception of the room does.