"....oh right, you did say that." Evan remembered.

"...I'm glad I don't itch or hurt anymore." he then said.

"But will they make fun of me in school?" he asked.

"I mean, ears, and the tail, and all..." he went on, trailing off some.

"Oh, and will I get sharp kitty teeth? Or whiskers?" he asked her.

"Or are the ears and tail it?"

Evan nodded again.

"Okay." he replied.

"......." he was then silent, before sniffing the air and twitching his ears.

"Is Sammy home?" he asked.

He had no idea what the time was, but he heard someone moving about elsewhere in the house, and he could smell Sammy's familiar scent.

"...and when am I going back to school?" he asked further.

"............" Evan was silent for a moment, and sighed.

"I'll wait." he said.

"I don't know if I want to go back." he admitted, sounding uneasy.

"And more control over these is good." he said further, referring to his ears and tail.

"Does this explain why I was always wanting to pounce on Sammy?" he then asked his mother.

"...........okay." Evan said quietly.

"I'm going to go... um... I don't know." he admitted.

"I don't know what to do now." he said.

"How do I control my tail?" he asked.

"I feel like it won't do what my head tells it to."

"Hm. I see." Evan replied.

"That makes sense." he said further.

"...I'm REALLY craving fish..." he mumbled.

"I guess I should go and see Sammy." he then said. "Let her see what's happened to me." he reasoned.

"Unless you want me to do something else."

"Okay, thank you." Evan responded.

With that, he left the kitchen, and followed Sammy's sounds.

"Sammy?" he called out quietly.

"Sammy, where are you?" he asked.

"I need to talk to you." he said further.

'...wonder how she'll react...' he thought anxiously, as he continued to try and find his sister.

".....I know." Evan replied.

"I'll have to switch to earbuds." he said.

"You want my old headset?" he asked.

"Otherwise it'll never get used again." he said.

"...and yeah, this is me. Your brother." he commented.

"Seems that itchiness and pain was these ears and tail wanting to sprout out." he muttered.

"......." Evan was silent as Sammy said all she did.

He then sighed, and looked around slowly.

"So... I mean... you're okay with this?" he asked.

"You're not bothered or anything?" he asked further.

Sammy could tell that Evan was worried. He loved his sister dearly, and he wasn't sure how she would react to this sudden change.

Evan blinked a couple of times, as what Sammy said sunk in.

".....huh." he muttered.

"Yeah, that's... that's true." he admitted.

"Fair enough." he said.

"...." he was then silent, before it got closer, and gave Sammy a hug. As he did, his tail wrapped around her waist, holding her closer than before.

"Thanks." he said quietly.

Evan just nodded quietly.

"Okay." he responded.

"I know." he said.

"I'll stop it. Or try to, anyway." he muttered.

"It's... gonna be hard, though." he mumbled.

"I'm... fighting instincts, now." he told her.

"Like, play instincts and such."