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Contagious disease

You apologize for clawing her and get off her back. "You didn't have to tackle me", she snaps, not only non-terrified but more than a little angry. "I know I overreacted, but tackling me? And just look what you did to my turtleneck! It's ..." She stops for a moment before saying, in a much softer voice, "Um, I think I'm bleeding."

You wince in sympathy as you glimpse the punctures beneath the holes your claws made in the sweater. "I'll get the first-aid kit", you sorrow as you head for the bathroom door. "I'll be right back."

By the time you return, Irene is already taking off the sweater. You notice something very important.

"Um, Irene?", you begin cautiously. "The wound is, um, gone."

As she turns to face you, you notice that there is fur on her back. You're about to tell her when you notice that her hands are also growing a thick pelt. She, meanwhile, doesn't seem to have noticed. Another victim of the epidemic, you sigh in your mind. I just hope she takes this better than she did the last surprise ...


Written by Mitchell Lord (edited by wanderer)

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