Chapter 2: A New Home

Bear woke up to a soft light shining in his eyes. He winced as the memory of what happened to him slowly came back to his sleep-fogged brain. Everywhere his body ached and his tail hole felt like it was on fire. The fennec rolled over and rubbed his eyes. “Hello?” Bear yawned and sat up looking around his new surroundings. He found himself in a small bedroom, he was currently sitting on a soft bed, a bed far more comfortable than he ever had been in. A quick glance around revealed a small two drawer dresser, a blinking alarm clock, a small stack of toys, and a small flat screen tv complete with a game system. “Oh hell yeah!” Bear temporarily forgot his pain as he scooted off the bed and plopped down in front of the tv. He had always imagined what fun it would be to play video games, but his parents had always been too poor to afford a system. He wiggled trying to ignore the pain in his rear as he powered on the system and tv. But just as he picked up the controller his ears registered the sound of footsteps approaching the door. Epping the cub scrambled trying to turn off the tv and system and get back to the bed. As the door creaked open he accomplished half his plan. While he had managed to get both the tv and game turned off, his escape had been foiled as his feet got tangled in the controller's cord.

“Morning.....” Saila walked into the room just in time to watch as Bear landed flat on his face with a thump. The cub whined, his tail flopped to the side giving the foon a wonderful view of the kit's hot pink ring and the bar code on his right ass cheek. “It is good seeing you up and about. You have been dead asleep for two days, I starting to get worried.” Saila set a small jar on the dresser and bent down untangling the cord.

“Sorry, si... Daddy. I I should have asked first.” The little boy whined, fear in his eyes as he was lifted off the floor and carried to the bed. His tail hung limply as the heavy collar fixed around his neck reminded him he was just property not a real boy. He was sobbing by the time he was laid belly down in the foon’s lap.

“Shush shush little Bear Daddy isn’t mad at you. I left the games here so you can relax a bit.” Saila tried to sooth the boy as he reached over grabbing the jar as his other paw gently rubbed the fennec’s back. Bear continued to sniffle till he felt something cold being rubbed against his hole.

“EPPPPP! Wha was that?” Bear whined as the cold spread to the inside of his hole as the foon pushed a finger inside. That funny feeling returned turning the cub’s stomach upside down. He couldn’t help but let out a little squeaky moan as his Daddy’s finger rubbed over his prostate.

“It is a special cream to help speed up the healing of your hole and numb the pain some,” Saila explained as he pulled his finger out. Bear nodded some reason a soft blush crept over his muzzle. The little fox let out a small happy chir as his master rubbed some of the cream over all the bar codes. The cub’s tail wagged bopping the older male’s face.

“Thank you, daddy, it was hurting.” Bear felt a bit better but something still ate at the back of his mind. “Um um, Daddy?” The fennec fidgeted on Saila’s lap whining softly.

“Yes, my little Bear?* The foon gently rubbed along one of Bear’s oversized ears sending a shiver throughout the cub’s body.

“I I umm overheard you and the mouse saying I might die? Are you um gonna kill me?” Bear lowered his tail. He didn’t want to die, he wanted to live, to enjoy this room and for some reason wanted to stay with the kind master who had saved him from the meat factory.

Saila’s ears drooped and he slumped slightly as he helped the cub sit up. The foon looked down into Bear’s eyes. The cub could see there was much sadness in the adult’s lavender eyes. “Yes sweety there is a chance you might die but I’m hopeful you’ll be the one to survive.”

“Survive?” Bear inhaled and flattened his ears against his skull. He did not like the sound of what his owner was saying. “Wha Wha are you gonna do to me?” He stammered, his heart starting to beat wildly again in his chest.

“Well....” Before Saila could answer he was interrupted by a loud rumble coming from Bear’s stomach. The fennec meeped as a deep blush spread out on his muzzle. The last time he had eaten was some slop in the slave pen. “Hmm how about we put this conversation on hold and get something to eat?” The foon slid the fennec off his lap and smiled.

“Umm, ok daddy.” The cub blushed as Saila took his paw in his big paw. Bear felt safe with the foon, safer than he even felt back home with his parents. He had friends whose parents had sold them into slavery just to pay the company back. But with Saila, there was a warmth even with the strange feeling that something bad could happen at any minute. “Umm Daddy is there anybody else here?” The fennec’s tail curled around his genitals hiding his prepubescent sheath and a small sack.

“Now Bear tail down Daddy wants you comfortable with showing yourself since that will be your primary job.” Whining the kit’s bushy tail flagged behind him. “That is better no need to hide your cute bits from daddy. After all, they belong to me.” Bear blushed more, his muzzle turning pink as the barcode on his snout. He let out a soft whine as they left the safety of the room and into a hallway.

“Where are we going daddy?” Bear got a peek into a small bathroom as they walked past. He trotted along next to the adult till Saila stopped, the cub looked around finding himself in a small cozy kitchen.

“Go sit at the table sweety.” Bear looked in the direction Saila pointed and shuffled up a chair to sit down. “Good boy. Now sit tight and I will whip something up.” Saila called as he started to gather everything for pancakes. The cub held his aching stomach as the smell of cooking food reminded him how empty it was. “Here we go sweety,” Saila set down a plate with several pancakes. “Would you like syrup?” Bear squeed and nodded his head up and down.

 “Yes please, a lot!” Saila smiled and drenched the plate in the thick messy syrup. Bear beamed happily as he was handed a fork. “Enjoy but don’t get too messy there is still a few thing to do today. Bear barely heard the foon’s words as he shoveled forkful after forkful of the fluffy sticky cakes into his muzzle. The foon chuckled as the cub gorged himself on the food till he leaned back and let out a small belch. “Opps sorry I’m sorry daddy” Bear blushed and lowered his ears.

“It is ok sweety though I think we need to clean you up first, you got rather messy.” He nodded at the huge globs of syrup and pancakes smeared all over his muzzle and paws.

Bear whined and whimpered. “I-I didn’t mean to.” Tears started to fall from his eyes as the foon looked him over.

“Follow me pup!” Saila stood up and started to walk at a slow pace. Bear whimpered and slid off his chair falling behind the foon. He pawed at his tail nervously as he was lead back into the hallway and into the bathroom. Saila stopped so suddenly Bear ran right into him. “Hey careful!,” Saila frowned as the rear of his slacks were now all sticky. “Now I am going to have to change.”

Before the cub could even start crying he picked him up and sat the cub on the small toilet. “Sorry daddy,” Bear looked down his head and tail hung in shame. Bear wiggled as Saila placed his paws at his throat. The cub lifted his neck and whined, this was something the trainers had prepared him for. The cub expected the foon to tighten his fingers around his throat in the choking punishment the trainers had used on him. When all he heard was a click he meeped in surprise and looked down. In Saila’s paws was the thick leather collar that the cub wore for over a week.

“There that is much better, I always disliked these ugly things.” Bear blinked as the collar was dropped into the trash can. Bear blushed softly as he was lifted up and set down in the shower tub. The foon reached over and turned on the shower. “It may be hot at first dear but you’ll get used to it.” Bear winced as the hot water hit his body. What he saw next made him blush from his toes to the tip of his large ears. The large foon was striping. First off was his shirt revealing silver gray belly with a little pudge around his middle. But what had the cub staring was the adult dropping his trousers. Of course, like most cub’s he had seen his father naked but this was different. While he was in training he was forced to watch as some of the older cubs were forced to kneel in front of the trainers and do icky stuff. Back then it made him afraid, but today for some reason he hoped it would happen to him. He looked as the older fur’s plump sheath and balls came into view, for some reason he started to get the same butterflies in his tummy as when Saila was rubbing his hole. The foon shook off his clothing and stepped into the shower with the cub.

Bear turned to look up at the older male only to bump his nose into the foon’s musky balls. “Opps sorry daddy,” Bear blushed and meeped as a paw gently pressed the back of his head till his nose was pressed into the full sack.

“Like what you see little one?” Saila chirred, he know the cub was a virgin but would have been informed of all his potential roles. The cub let out a low whine as he breathed in the adults musk. It was strong and faintly smelt of pine, not at all unpleasant. Bear swished his tail back and forth under the stream of water, his face burning bright red as he lightly licked his master’s furry pouch. The little cub tried to emulate what he saw the older furs did but he was too short. “Whoah whoah slow down little cub, we can explore that later if you want. Saila chuckled as the cub as he squeezed a pawful of shampoo on his paws the started to scrub the kit.

“Ohhh” Bear shuffled on his paws, the hot water starting to feel good as the foon’s paws rubbed at his large ears. The whole time his nose had pressed against his daddy’s sack his stomach flip-flopped and he felt a strange tingle between his legs. The cub whined as the paws moved down scrubbing his face, muzzle clean before being moved to get a fresh squeeze of soap. Bear squeaked as the paws returned this time between his legs.

“Just got to get these little things all clean,” Saila stated as he gave the cub’s sack a soft squeeze. Bear whimpered as a shooting rushed up into his gut before his balls were rubbed. “Looking good Bear,” Saila pulled the cub’s sheath back and washed the little pink cock before rinsing him off. “There we go all clean. Now help me wash up. I want you to stand there and when I turn around I want you to lick under my tail.”

“Wait what?” Bear whined as stood as he was told as the foon turned around and raised his tail. Whimpering the small fennec caught sight of his master’s hole, a deep blue lick his markings. Sniffing bear was glad the hole wasn’t dirty just smelt of the foon’s musk and sweat. Tentatively he licked the hole and recoiled in disgust, not so much from the taste but more so from the act.

Saila’s tail lashed as he grew impatient. “I don’t feel any licking Bear!” The annoyed tone in his master’s voice made the cub jump and start to lick feverly. “Ohh that is good Very good.” Saila moaned before turning around giving the kit a full show of his fully erect member. Bear blushed more reaching his paw out to shyly touch it before pulling his paw back. “Ok out of the shower we are already behind having to take this shower.” .                  

“Awws ok daddy.” Bear blushed as he stepped out of the shower, the close contact with his master had left him flustered. Behind him, Saila turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. Already his blue cock had retracted hiding back in his plump sheath. “EPP!” Bear jumped as two paws reached around grabbing and tickling his sides. Saila chuckled before wrapping the cub in a towel and quickly dried him off.

“Now Bear, we’ll be giving you an exam in our lab today. We will also be doing some pre-procedure prep today,” Saila started to dry himself as he talked to the damp fennec cub. Bear shivered some from the cold damp air on his fur and a great deal from the older male’s words. “I expect you to be on your best behavior no matter what happens ok?”

Bear nodded and whimpered. “Daddy I gotta go pee!” Saila finished drying himself as he picked up the cub and sat him on the toilet. Bear red-faced immediately released three days worth of piss out in a matter of seconds into the toilet.  The foon chuckled as the little fennec slumped in relief, his bladder finally empty.

“That's a good boy now we have to get going.” Bear hopped off the toilet, his fluffy tail swinging back and forth. “Now follow me, No time to get dressed.” Saila walked out of the bathroom leading the kit through the small apartment till he stopped at a large door, a large plaque above it read Museum Curious. Bear squinted and tried to read but it was a blur. “Ok in we go I hope Doctor Eon isn’t too upset.” Saila pushed the door open and shooed the cub inside. Bear’s muzzle dropped wide open, inside was a cub’s dream. Huge displays of dinosaurs were everywhere, the cub’s tail wagged as they walked past the fossils and through an empty exhibit of ancient mummies.

“This place is soo cool daddy. But why isn’t there anybody here?” Bear asked in that innocent cub way. The cub looked up at the older male and lowered his big ears. “Daddy?” The foon stopped where he was and picked up the kit.

“Well sweetie we used to be busy but it seems these days nobody wants to come see old things. They want something more exciting.” The foon spoke sadly. “that's where you come in my little Bear if we succeed people will start flocking back here just to see you.”

“Really daddy just to see me?” Bear tugged at his left ear, a bright blush of embarrassment crept over his muzzle. He imagined himself standing there with everybody just gawking at him. “Buh what can I do? If they just want to stare at a cub they could go buy one of their own right?”

Saila chuckled out loud startling the cub. Bear whimpered as the foon wiped tears from his eyes. “Thank you cutie I haven’t laughed like in a long while.” The foon smiled and kissed the cub’s forehead before setting him back on the ground. “After the procedure, you'll practically be immortal. Even if I tear you down to a single cell all that you are will reside in that cell. You'll be the most intelligent single cell organism on the planet."  Saila chuckled again as his boy’s ears waggled in confusion.

Will it hurt?” Bear resumed following his master till the entered a small room. Inside it was white, the floor tiles were white, the walls were white, even the strange machines were white as snow. Saila pulled a white lab coat off a hanger and slipped into it.

“You’re late!!” Bear winced at the high-pitched voice. His paws reaching up to hold his ears flat as he looked around till he spotted a small screech owl perched on the desk.

“Sorry Eon we ran a little behind, totally my fault,” Saila covered for the kit as he reached down picking up the small fox.

“Hmph, so this is who we have to rest our last hopes on?” The owl hopped and glided landing on Saila’s shoulder. “He seems to be on the scrawny side, sure he’ll survive,’ the owl spoke in his annoying voice.

“He’s stronger than he looks Eon and tone your voice down can’t you see you are hurting the poor things ears?” Bear whimpered and held his ears, the little bird’s voice was worse than the time a teacher had dragged her nails across the chalkboard. Every word was like somebody dropped a nuke in his skull.

“Sorry Saila,” the owl fluttered up to a large steel table. “Well, perhaps we should start the tests to see if he is a viable subject?” The bird spoke slowly in a softer voice as Bear was set onto the table. The cub shifted on the cold metal whining softly, as Saila pulled a few machines over and started attaching leads to the cubs temples.

“What is that?” Bear ask curiously as the machine beeped, little squiggly lines zig-zagged on an LCD screen.

“That is to monitor your brainwaves so we have a baseline,” Saila explained as he hooked an EKG machine up to the kit. While the foon busied himself with preparing the cub. Eon was fluttering about the lab, in one claw he held a small syringe, the other claw held some labels. The owl flapped over to the foon and perched between the cub’s legs.

“Saila we need a blood sample for comparison.” The little fennec whimpered softly as the foon picked up the syringe. The heart monitor beeped wildly as Bear’s master picked the syringe up and walked around.

“Now Bear dear hold out your arm and this will be over quickly,” Saila tried to soothe the cub, he really didn’t want to outright force the fox into this but wanted him to be willing to accept the changes. The cub eyed that large syringe his ears folded back in fear, eyes wet tears, but still he held out his left arm trembling a bit. Saila patted his head and smiled as took the cub arm and parted the thin fur slightly above the elbow. “You’ll feel a pinch kiddo but try not to move much. Oh, make a tight fist for me Bear.”

“Ok daddy,” Bear whimpered and clenched his fist as he watched Saila rub at his skin with a small wipe. As the long tip of the needle poked at his skin the cub gasped and whimpered. Sobbing the boy looked away as the needle pushed hard into his flesh. With a gentle pressure, Saila slid the needle into a vein and pulled out a vial of bright red blood. Saila pulled the needle out and pressed a small square of gauze to the spot, securing it with colorful bedical tape.

“See that wasn’t too bad was it?” Bear shook his head and sniffled. In fact, it had hurt a lot, but he didn’t want to admit that to his new daddy. Gulping Bear meeped as he was forced to lay down on the table. Saila smiled down at the cub as he strapped the boy’s arms and legs with thick leather straps. Saila looked fondly at the cub before walking off leaving the boy alone to think as he started to set about working.

Bear whimpered, his tail thumped and swished as he pulled at the restraints testing their strength. After finding no wiggle room the cub flopped against the cold table sighing deeply. This was it, he thought, I have no escape. Do I really want to escape?" He thought as he laid there staring at the stark white ceiling. Bear laid there for what he felt was hours before his owner walked back. His face was covered by a blue surgical mask and his paws were clad in latex gloves. The foon was pushing a cart with various tools on it making the cub very very nervous.

“Now let’s get this over with,” Saila spoke, as Eon fluttered over landing on the cart. Saila picked up a scalpel Bear whined and thrashed seeing it. “I’m sorry this will hurt but it is needed to prepare for your new role.” Whimpering the fennec slumped back down as the pair of doctors began to work. Saila smiled under his mask as his partner gave the child a mild sedative. Just enough to calm the boy and take a bit of the pain away, but not enough to put him asleep. He gently turned Bear’s head to the side and gave the cub a gentle. “Just relax Bear and don’t move, I don’t want to hurt you and more than I have to.”

“Oh oh OK daddy,” the fox’s eyes were full of tears as the blade lowered till it pressed into the base of the cub’s skull. Bear winced at the burning sensations as the sharp stainless steel parted the thin flesh. Saila dabbed the cut with a rag before resuming his work till he exposed the base of the cub’s skull. The cub whined and kept himself very still as his owner set the sharp instrument down and picked up a small syringe filled with a metallic silver fluid.

“Do you see this Bear?” Saila moved the syringe into the frightened cub’s view. Bear's nose dripped mucus as he blinked, his vision a bit hazy from the pain medication coursing through his body. The longer he tried to focus on the syringe contents the more it seemed to ripple and move. “These are the state of the art nano-bots, once I inject them into your spinal cord, they will spread out through your body. This is stage one of your transformation. They will monitor your vital states, and will constantly be linked to my cell phone.”

The confused look the drugged cub gave back made Saila chuckle. “Huh?” Bear managed to squeak out he felt a clawed foot wrap around his fuzzy little pouch.Between his legs, the owl was taking down the cub’s measurements. He concluded the fennec’s balls were no bigger than marbles after a bit of squeezing and tugging. The look of complete shock Bear was displaying amused Saila as he let his partner finish his untimely measurements. As the foon waited Eon slipped a claw into the youth’s sheath making the boy wince as that talon scraped the sensitive inner lining. Showing much care the owl pulled the sheath back exposing the fox’s little two inches un-erect member to the cool air for the first time. Bear shivered as his size was written down on a little notepad.

“Are you done Eon? I was in the middle of something.” Saila tapped his foot eager to get back to his work.

“Sorry sir, I thought it best to get his reproductive status in their unaltered state. I have concluded that the subject is sexually stunted. Both his testicle and penis size suggest that he is about two years behind most cubs in his age group. I would prepose that he has not had his first erection yet.” The owl jotted down notes as he spoke.

“Thank you that is actually good to know before hand. Now we have a baseline to test some of the nanobots other abilities.” The owl nodded his head in that comical way only owls seemed to be able to accomplish as he continued to write. Saila paid the owl no further attention as he petted Bear’s head gently. “Now I want you to just relax and close your eyes. Count backward from ten to zero and we’ll be done in a jiffy.” The foon walked around the table with the syringe ready for his test subject.

“Ten...Nine...Eight...Seven..” Bear squeezed his eyes shut tightly as he laid limp on the table counting. “Three...Two...” As the cub reached one he felt a stabbing pain in his neck, the pain was so overwhelming that he opened his muzzle to scream but nothing came out. The heart and brain monitors beeped erratically as all of the fennec’s internal systems went haywire. The cub’s bladder and bowels voided as Saila pushed the thick nanofluid into his nervous system.

“Hold on damn it Bear, just a bit longer.”  Saila pushed the remaining fluid into the cub and yanked the needle out. He wrinkled his nose at the smell of the cub’s foul scat and musky piss as the nanomachines start to wrestle control over every one of the cub’s vital functions from his brain. Saila waited as the cub convulsed as slowly his brain was becoming redundant, only good as a biological backup. Saila ran his finger’s through the cub’s thin chest fur as the spasms slow and finally fade leaving the kit laying with a glazed look in his eyes and drool out of his muzzle. “Come on you can adapt Bear, don’t give up on me.” Saila’s eyes were glued to the flat lines on the brainwave monitor, his ears and tail drooped hoping for not another failure.

Eon fluttered and landed on the foon’s shoulder. “I think we need to call it. It has already been longer than the other two.”  The owl spoke in his normal tone, feeling like there was no longer any need to dial it down. The cub was just brain dead meat after all.

“Ow Ow” Bear’s eyes fluttered open as his ears were assaulted by an annoying screech. The cub whimpered, everything felt fuzzy and then there was that painful sound. Saila was the first to hear the small beeping coming from the machines hooked up to the cub’s noggin.

“Eon quiet!” The foon batted the small bird off his shoulder as he rushed to the cub’s side.

“Squaw?” The owl thrown off his perch squeaked in surprise, flapping his wings and righting himself in the air. His hearing designed to hunt small rodents at great distances picked up the cub’s weak compliments to his voice. The lab tech fluttered off to the side where he could watch, his little feathery body full of excitement. Finally, a cub had survived the first stage, they would get to try stage two.

“Bear Bear?” Saila stood by the little fennec as the cub’s eyelids fluttered open and closed. Finally, after several minutes, the cub’s eyes opened fully giving the foon a good look into the cub’s bright blue eyes. “Bear, can you hear me?”

The cub blinked as a soft worried voice cut through the fog in his years. With much effort, the cub nodded his head. “Yes, daddy?” It took a moment for the fox to make the connection between the voice and the face of his owner as if there was a barrier blocking his memories.

Saila sighed in relief the procedure had been a success. All vital functions were now being operated by the nanobots, Including all the cub’s memories and core personality. While the cub adjusted to the bots Saila cleaned up the mess the procedure caused, leaving the cub’s crotch and rear clean and fresh. As time ticked by Bear learned to function, all it required was a bit of extra thinking to get his brain to communicate with his new nervous system. As the foon finished up the cub looked around, the monitors were beeping showing a steady activity in the heart and brain. “Ah fully awake now are we?”

Bear epped in surprise as suddenly his daddy was standing over him. “Yeah I kinda feel funny.  It’s really hard to think.” Bear wiggled, he was starting to get sore from laying down for such a long time. As if he could read the fox’s mind Saila started to unbuckle the cub. After the last strap was undone the cub was lifted off the table and set on the floor. Bear wobbled till he found his balance and tried to walk. His little face furrowed into a frown as he willed his legs to move.

Saila and Eon watched with amusement as there was a definite delay in the cub’s ability to move. Every step played out as a stop motion animation. Bear would squint his eyes and think hard. Twenty to thirty seconds later the fox’s paw would step forward and the cub would repeat the process. Saila chuckled till it was clear that Bear wasn’t having a great time. The foon pulled out his phone from a pocket in his coat and smiled. The nanobots were communicating perfectly with his smartphone. Already a detailed diagram of the cub was displayed with touch bubbles to control pretty much everything that made up Bear. The foon flipped through menu after menu till he found the option he was looking for. “Here we go this should help.” The foon slid his finger across the phone’s screen. He looked up as Bear squeaked in surprise as his motor control seemed to speed up almost instantly.

“Wha!!” Bear stumbled as the nanobots responded to Saila’s input. While the cub still had trouble thinking, his body no longer walked like a badly crafted robot. Now it moved with the ease and grace the cub was accustomed to. The little lab fox picked himself up off the floor and lifted his right leg. It lifted just as he thought it to. He put his foot down and sighed a bit relieved.

“Now that we have that out of the way, I would like you to remember one thing,” Saila spoke with a firm commanding voice.

“Yes, daddy?” The cub spun around to face his owner. His ears up and alert facing towards the foon. Bear’s tail hung down in a curious yet submissive position. Despite being slightly sore there as a new eagerness in the cub’s posture that he didn’t quite understand himself. He was terrified of what would happen to him now that he was pretty much immortal, perhaps it has just his usual curious nature that mostly got him in trouble, he thought as he waited for his owner to speak.

“Every part of you is now controlled through my phone. Everything from your ability to move to making you as dumb as a rock. Follow the rules and most of the time you’ll have control of your own body, break a rule and I’ll punish you. Got it?” Saila hated this part but he needed it clear to the cub that any control he had was just an illusion that could be broken at any moment.

“Yes, daddy I understand. I’ll be a good display and bring in lots of people.” The cub smiled, not a smile of happiness but one out of nervousness. The cub was a bundle of nerves, so many new things happening to him. “Um, How how could you punish me, daddy?” Bear blurted out before he could stop himself. The cub’s little paws covered his muzzle as it dawned on him he had deliberately asked for a punishment.

Saila raised an eyebrow in surprise, here was this timid little fox asking for a punishment. Saila did an extensive study of the app and smiled. He could simply remove the cub’s ability to move, make him piss himself, dumb down his brain till he all he could do was droll, or just cause the fox to hurt. But Saila decided on something a bit more memorable. He tapped on the icon of Bear’s beating heart, then flashed the cub a smile. “Like this my Bear,” the foon pressed down on the picture of the young fox’s heart. Bear’s blue eyes widen as he clawed at his just, out of nowhere a stabbing pain shot through his chest and his right arm felt numb.

“Daddy? It hurts,” the fennec mewled as his eyes watered. His chest felt like somebody doused it in kerosene and threw a lit match at it. Bear clutched at his heart whining as the pain started to spread, the cub sank to his knees sobbing. Saila, however, kept a firm pressure on his subject’s pumping heart. Just when Bear thought his chest was going to explode out like the fireworks he used to watch during the summer festival, the pressure disappeared leaving the cub gasping and writhing on the floor. The cub mewed and looked up tears staining his cheek fur.

“That is the kind of punishment I can administer little fox.” Saila set the phone down and picked up the little boy giving him a tight hug. “That was only a light punishment, I control every part of you dear.” Bear sniffled and buried his little nose into the larger male’s chest.

“I’m sorry daddy.” The cub apologized not even sure why he was doing so. His breath labored and ragged, his whole entire body exhausted from the ordeal. Saila smiled and cooed softly till the cub fell fast asleep.

“Nap well little Bear, when you wake up the testing will start.” Saila laid the fennec on the table, petting his large ears before turning to the chittering owl. “Hush Eon, let the boy sleep when he wakes up, then you’ll be able to take your measurements. Well after we deem it’s safe.”
