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"It's like I'm at a really good restaurant, ya know? Everything looks so good I just can't pick one!" Will explained to the weary shopkeeper.

"Yeah, I noticed," sighed the red haired woman sitting behind the counter. The man had been there thirty talkative minutes already and was no closer to a decision. Scratching the store cat Ember helped keep her relaxed."And if you're only willing to pay for one dish then you will have to choose. Preferably sometime today," she suggested with a forceful kindness.

"I know, I know. I won't be in your hair much longer but, ummm, it's just hard to narrow it down! I see one I like and then see another I might like even more! I'm sure I can figure out what I really want for today..." Will assured with uncertainty.

The indecisive customer had been mulling over several potions from the shopkeeper's chest of potent magical elixirs that she had open for him on the counter. Inside were over seventy expertly mixed potions that had that power to infuse a person with a given animal's body. The person would change automatically the first time but will be able to revert back and forth whenever they wished. They were a very popular item in the store and one of the few pricier items in the shop. Two-hundred dollars was a small price to pay for that sort of controlled, painless, and relatively swift transformation where you kept most of your human brain.

Will could see himself as so many of them and would have taken all his favorites if his budget this month hadn't left him with barely enough for one potion. With what he had left over going straight into gas and food on the way home. So he had to do something he was never any good at and narrow down his choices. Something that was eating up a lot more time than he'd thought. Will was in his mid-twenties, average height with lanky arms and legs, a gut, darker skin, goatee, shaved head, glasses, and just a pair of shorts, a tee, and some sandals on having just strolled into the shop with no set goal in mind except for transformation.

He'd heard of the magical store that was run by a red haired shopkeeper through the grapevine. A friend of his had bought some weird stone and invited Will over to show him what the shopkeeper's magic could do. Will watched his friend make a simple wish with the stone and within thirty minutes both Will and his friend were stallions in full. With most of their wits intact throughout their escapades inside of his friend's cramped apartment. Soon as the magic wore off and they were back to their old selves the first thing Will demanded was the address of the shop and its hours. He had gotten a taste for transformation magic and wanted more.

The shopkeeper was happy to greet the energetic fellow and show her some wares that he might enjoy. Gleaning from the man what he truly wanted, the shopkeeper strolled into the back of her store, whistling as she did. She returned through the bead curtains with an iron bound wooden chest with green metal filigree done in leaves all over it. From the moment it was open Will was enamored with the seventy labeled potions. Each sat in its own fitted satin slot which elevated into rows once the case was fully open. Thirty minutes later, Will was still undecided. He'd pull one out, ask the shopkeeper about it, and then muse out loud why he liked or disliked the species. Will would have gone through the whole case if not for the shopkeeper's fraying patience.

"How about this, Will: you take out, hmmm, let's say ten transformations you'd like to try. Then we'll pair it down from there. How’s that sound?" suggested the shopkeeper.

"Just ten?!" Will gasped. "How about fifteen or twenty?"

"No, ten works," the shopkeeper affirmed. "Want me to choose several I know for a fact you had an earnest in? Might help you." As she spoke the shopkeeper re-positioned the case to the side so they could both look. This forced Ember to move on top of the old cash register. She flopped on top of the register and watched the two get to work.

"I guess. How many did you have in mind?" asked Will.

"Hmm, let's see how many this is," began the shopkeeper as she gathered several vials at once between her fingers. In a deft thirty seconds the shopkeeper collected nine potions and set them all down in front of Will. From left to right in front of him were the deer, pig, wolf, cow, lion, zebra, mouse, house cat, and fox. "These are all the ones I could tell you had a particular pull towards. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on any."

"Wow! You did really, really good! Each and every one of these I could vividly imagine the transformation and the life I'd have on-demand afterwards. Damn good job! Except..." the man trailed off when counting the number of bottles.

"Except I grabbed nine, yes. Others you were more on the fence with so I'll leave it up to you. Would have to be something you would want just as much, if not more, than the others. But be quick about it," advised the shopkeeper bluntly.

"Heh, how quick is quick?" joked Will.

"One minute sounds good," she smiled. "But that minute started ten seconds ago so you had better hurry," warned the shopkeeper as she glanced at the clock on the wall nearby.

"Oh shit! Ummm, okay then let me try to, ummmmm, find what in here moves me as much as pig or cow or wolf would," Will mumbled to himself.

"That's the right mentality to have, hun,"encouraged the shopkeeper who returned to stoking the back of Ember's neck.

Will thought choosing would be easy at this point but after thirty seconds he was no closer to a choice. With time ticking down to the last few seconds he was forced to make a decision. So he grabbed one he had been overlooking for its closeness to the horse transformation he'd already tried and the zebra option he had on the table. He set down the tenth in the row of the others and could relax again.

"Donkey, hmm? I thought you were looking to try something less horsey?" the shopkeeper asked in passing. She gathered the rest of the case and closed it just so that it was out of the way.

"I was trying to hold off on it since it's close to the horse. Zebras were supposed to cover that base but I definitely don't mind donkeys at all! Now I'm just stuck with ten amazing transformations and no way to narrow it down. Other than the process of elimination I suppose," Will said with a shrug and a long sigh.

"I'm sure if I left you to your devices you could narrow it down to two or three in an hour's time. I've got lunch in thirty minutes so how's about I help you out, Will. There's a technique I can use that would give you a harmless preview of each potion. Then you can make a faster, more informed decision that won't eat into my lunch. Everyone wins!" grinned the shop owner.

"A harmless preview you say? How would that work? Sounds interesting for sure!" Will inquired.

"First things first, I need some supplies from the back," the shopkeeper said politely. She took on a louder, demanding voice to shout over her shoulder, "Ellah! Get your butt off of whatever couch you're on and get me my silver case!"

"Whaaat?" came a moaning woman's voice from the back. "What silver case? Which, where is it?"

"On the shelf with all the other colored cases! Come on, hop to it!" commanded the shopkeeper as she turned back to her customer. "It'll just be a moment."

Will nodded. "Sure, yeah. Could you explain what you're planning at all? Does it involve magic?"

"Sure does! The basic gist is I'm going to trigger a sense-visual experience using a diluted bit of each of the potions you picked out. You'll have the ability to see, feel, and roughly experience some aspects of the change. Of course you won't actually be changing as it's something of a transference of the feeling while what you see is an illusion your mind can grasp. To me or Ember here, you'll be doing some sort of interpretative dance and talking to yourself. This will give a small window into what you get with each bottle and you can better decide what you'll walk out with today. Couldn't be easier!" assured the shopkeeper after her lively explanation.

Before Will could ask more questions, in marched the shopkeeper's assistant Ellah with a silver briefcase cradled in her arms. The assistant, a mix of woman and bunny, wore a revealing black and white tux which included a top had held between her big, erect ears. She looked like she had just woken up from a very comfortable nap. Ellah yawned as she set the case on the counter in front of the shopkeeper.

"That all?" yawned Ellah.

"Out here, yes, but I want you to get started on lunch. I shouldn't be too much longer with my client," the shopkeeper instructed as she unlocked the case and opened it.

"I guess. I'll be in the back if you need me," Ellah told the shopkeeper. Then marched herself back through the bead curtains and into the back at a snail's pace.

Inside the case were larger bottles filled with mysterious sparkling liquids that swirled inside by their own force. Some other implements were more mundane, like a couple petri dishes, a funnel, some empty graduated cylinders, pipettes, and an eye dropper. The shopkeeper got things into position on the counter and was ready to go after only a minute.

"Hand me whichever animal you wanna try first," the shopkeeper told Will with a smile.

"Oh, uhhhhh, just any will do?" he replied nervously.

"Yes, any would do. Maybe pick one of your leading candidates? Or something drastic to show how it works," she suggested. Then added, "If you want my suggestion, either donkey, cow, or mouse. Any would work to see how this functions. It's a rather novel technique I developed that I think will be just the thing to find your preferred potion out of the lot."

"Donkey, cow, or mouse, huh?" Will repeated as he thought. "Let's go with the cow. That should be plenty drastic, don't you think?" he smirked,

"For sure! And it being a heifer isn't an issue, right?" the shopkeeper asked with the cow elixir in hand.

"Y-Yeah, it's good. Only wanted to try a sex change with cow and the deer since they were suggested by some friends of mine," Will explained bashfully. "But I won't actually be changing into a girl cow with this, umm, preview thing right? Did I understand correctly?"

"Correct. Your body will be unchanged while still getting all the feeling and see everything like you would if you were actually changing. Lasts about two to three minutes then it will pass completely. I can almost guarantee we'll find the one you want to do without going through all ten. One will feel too good and you won't want to try the rest. Should be settled by the time my lunch is ready," the shopkeeper smirked to herself as she got ready.

The shopkeeper acted like a lab tech in her movements between several dishes that contained samples from the strange potions that came with the case in addition to Will's cow selection. The heifer potion's vivid white color didn't last as it was enhanced and diluted. There was a lot of stirring in dishes, moving small bits from one dish to another with the pipettes until a final liquid was ready. It came in the form of a simple eye dropper.

"Okay, I'm going to need you to lean over the counter, keep that face looking up at me, and those baby blues of yours wide as you can get them," the shopkeeper ordered courteously.

Will did his best to get into the slightly awkward position. "Like this?"

"Just so! Now hold still. I have to drop these one at a time into both eyes. Won't hurt, I promise. Helps if you look away when I'm administering them," the shopkeeper told Will. Who obliged her. "Okay, first drop in your right eye. Now blink. Good, now turn and show me the other eye. Hold it right there and... done! Blink it in and you should be good. Won't be any excess I can promise," assured the woman as she sat back on her stool- ready to watch.

It looked like skim milk when it splashed into Will's eye. He figured it would have dripped but instead he felt one eye and then the other go numb briefly. Then his sight went blurry for a few seconds before that was back to normal. No excess on his face was the first of several surprises fast to come.

"Is that it? When does it start?" Will asked the shopkeeper.

The grinning shopkeeper winked. "In about three, two, one..."

"Wooah. Wooooooah! I think I feel something," gasped Will in what was an understatement.

A tugging at the base of Will's spine is what had caught his attention initially. He could feel something growing and when he looked he saw something bulging in the back of his shorts. Tugging the back of his shorts down allowed the seven inches and growing of the cow tail to spring out. That proved to just be the beginning of the rapidly spreading cow transformation. A swelling nose, cramping hands, and something bloating at his waist. Soon all of him was growing from the inside out as meat and bone took on heifer proportions. All in less than thirty seconds.

"This is crazy! Are you seeing this? I'm turning into a cow!" an excited Will declared.

"No, I can't see it, but I can see the fun you're having with it. Should last for a little over a minute before it runs its course. So take it all in!" encouraged the shopkeeper.

"I'm gonna t-t-try!" Will stuttered. This because he was experiencing a transforming bovine snout, mouth, and tongue.

Everything felt so real to Will's senses that he was beginning to think this was really happening. The swelling at his waistline was sticking out enough to know it was an udder growing. The four protruding teats had gone from pimples to puffy pink skin in a seconds along with the udder itself expanding from softball sized to a basketball in the same time frame. Will's human hands reached to what he figured wouldn't be there but he felt it, the warmth and liquid splashing inside. It made it feel pretty real.

What really had Will going that this was actually changing him was obscured by his swelling udder and frame. He had to squat down to reach a hand under the udder to where his cock and balls should have been. No sign of either after probing between his thighs so Will dared to feel against his crotch and sure enough pushed two fingers into a leather, moist cunt that wasn't entirely human anymore. Will pulled his hand back and swore he could smell milk and vaginal fluids.

"So surreal," Will muttered to himself. A moment later shifting bones and realigning hindquarters had Will needing to grab the coutertop to stop himself from keeling over from the weight. "Oh, woah! Woah! I think it's not st-stooooOOOOOOOOOOPing! OOooh nooOOOOOOOOO! MAROOOOO!" he felt compelled to bellow.

Will's distress didn’t raise a single concern from the shopkeeper or Ember the shop cat, who was busy cleaning herself. "Just a few more seconds, hun. It'll pass," the shopkeeper casually reminded.

"MOOOOOOOOOO! MROOOOOOOO!" Will bellowed while falling to all fours in front of the counter.

To Will his body was on the cusp of being a full heifer so earnest fear crept in that something had gone wrong. That he was becoming a cow, a heifer, for real. The shopkeeper had messed something up and she didn't even notice. She certainly would when Will's shirt ripped open in the next few seconds. Tension around his eyes made him think his skull was about to shift into the next stages. Making Will afraid he was about to lose his mind. So he shuts his eyes tightly and tried to hold onto his mind; to keep it away from the cow trying to take over his brain.

As rapidly as the onset of bovine changes had taken Will they left him even quicker. All at once the weight, the udder, the supposedly shift of bone and body, were gone. Only his eyes, still shut and aching, lingered. And when they settled and Will opened his eyes he was back to normal. No ripped clothing, no udder, dry fingers, and no smell of milk in the air. So he slowly got back up, his heart racing, and finally was putting it together.

"I changed but I didn't? Tell me that was what was supposed to happen?" an out of braeth Will asked the shopkeeper.

"Yup. A vivid little preview of a cow transformation, hun. How'd you like it? Do we need to try anymore or are you won over by the moo?" smiled the shopkeeper.

It took Will a few more seconds to gather himself and reassess what just happened. "That was real. Like I was really turning into one! Could only moo and my body felt so... different. That was insanely awesome! How does that even work?"

"Would take ages to explain the fine interplay of magics at work to the uninitiated. Just know that was a taste of what you'd experience with the full potion. I've got mouse and donkey eye droppers at the ready if you want to keep going. Unless the cow felt right for you?" the shopkeeper probed with the two droppers in her hand.

"Oh, ummmm, let me try to think," Will told her. Then after a few seconds' consideration he answered, "I think I'll try another. I might try some other time but I'm not sure I'm ready to try female yet. Mouse next I guess? It's a boy mouse, right?"

"With a mouse you'll stay male, Will. I promise. Whenever you're ready for the next dose, just lean over the counter like before. This will definitely pack a punch, hun," assured the wily shopkeeper. She set down the donkey dropper and readied the mouse. Which had a sparkling clear liquid with only a slight tinge of gray.

"Sure, sure. My senses have mostly returned. Let's try the mouse!" Will said eagerly.

Will received the drops just like before and just like before not a drop was spilled and the man was left with a mild aching in his eyes that passed in a couple seconds. Now that he was initiated Will knew to just wait and on cue a wriggling in the seat of his shorts was soon paired with tugging growth at his ears, nose, and height. A giggle of excitement escaped the man's curling lips as a show of his anticipation.

This time it was the rapid reduction in size that dominated the experience. His glasses fumbled on his diminishing face while the rest of him was gradually enveloped in own shirt. Which came after his shorts and underwear had slid off his shrinking waistline. That allowed his long, ropy mouse tail to slither out into the open. Will could swear he could feel the air on the bare tail. Just as he could curl it like any of his other appendages. The sprouting of his fur made Will itch and scratch at himself to keep himself distracted as his shirt became a tent.

Inside the shirt Will was happy to see his cock and balls were still where he remembered them. They did not look how he remembered, but that much he expected. He was robbed of a chance to play with them though as the transformation ceased following blinding aching in the man's eyes. When he could see again he was unchanged from the man he was once again. Glasses still on his face, somehow.

"And what did we think of mouse?" inquired the shopkeeper.

It took Will longer to catch his breath this time but his enthusiasm was apparent. "That was something else! Liked that more than the cow for sure. Though, shrinking that much was a real trip. Was dizzy one second, then fine, then dizzy, then fine; surprised I don't have a nasty headache right now with that sort of brain trip," explained Will as he scratched a lingering itch behind his ear.

"Shrinking is hardest the first time you do it. But you get used to it," remarked the shopkeeper. "Donkey then?" she asked, waggling the next dropper.

"Actually, I think I might want to try some others first, if you don't mind. Maybe, I dunno, pig? Or Fox? Smaller but not too small, heh," he joked while making the request.

"Pig or fox, hmmm. Sure, I'll whip those two up for us. I'll concoct the fox first then have the pig ready for you right after. How's that sound?" The shopkeeper was already at work pouring some of the pink pig potion into a dish.

"Works for me! Thanks so much for suggesting this. I promise I'll have a surefire answer by the end with what to pick. Might not even have to go through them all. Just like you said," Will admitted

"Well I have been known to be right pretty much all the time. That isn't a gloat, just a fact. If it were otherwise I would not still be in business I'd wager," mused the shopkeeper while she worked.

"No argument from me. You're amazing. And your kitty is very cute and well behaved. Is she a Bengal?" the man asked as he tried to pet Ember. Only for the cat to hiss him away so she could get back to cleaning her paws.

"Ember! Be nice," the shopkeeper reprimanded the feline. Ember promptly relaxed and gave Will some adorable big eyed stares. "Go on, pet her again. She sometimes forgets how well-behaved she is," the shopkeeper said slyly, glaring at the cat.

Moving very carefully, Will reached in and this time was able to rub and scratch around Ember's neck and ears without issue. "Such a pretty girl. Such a fuzzy angle," Will told the purring Ember. "Too bad she can't talk and tell me how being a feline is. Might save you making the lion and house cat mixtures if changing into a cat is all that. Not that Ember would do anything about that. She's always been a pretty kitty."

The shopkeeper chuckled. "Ember wasn't always a lovely kitty. She used to be a bit bigger but she's more manageable this way. However I'm sure she would have a gleaming review of cat life if she could talk," commented the shopkeeper with a light pink substance in her eye dropper ready to go. "Ready for a sampling of pigging out, Will?"

"Oh! You work fast! Yeah, let's do it!" Will wasted no time getting these next drops in and was ready as he could be for what was coming. "Always have had a thing for pigs," he mentioned in passing. At the same moment a tail was wiggling to life behind him.

"You and a great deal of others. You're in superb company," assured the shopkeeper. She was already at work on the fox dropper and, on a hunch, was getting the wolf one ready too.

As Will expected the transformation into a pig was anything but a shrinking experience. Shirt and shorts were expanding as his weight emerged from a wriggling heat inside of him. The sensation was much more appealing to Will- as shown by the big smile on his face. It got even bigger when his nose and face were swelling up like a pig's. Feeling his nose tug out into more of a snout while his breathing came over with more snorts and oinks.

"This is snort so great! I- whooooa! M-My feet are snort stiffening up. Gonna snort get down so I don't snort fall," Will told the shopkeeper as he had trouble standing.

"Take all the space you need, hun," said the shopkeeper.

Will dropped himself onto hands and knees, causing rips and years in shirt, shorts, and shoes. His shorts got the worst of it as the seat tore open and his pink chubby rump bobbled free. Not only that but his ponderously grown pig balls were bouncing about in ways that stirred arousal in the man. He tried to look under himself to see how his cock was coming along but there was a pig gut in the way. It was the first time he'd seen the rows of undeveloped teats that had grown while his belly and chest had. So Will had to rely on feeling alone that his cock and sheath were getting the hog treatment.

The transformation was realigning his backside and merging his fingers when the preview came to its usual end. Like the other times he had to catch his breath and get his bearings as well as stand back up. The only difference being a flush in his cheeks and loins.

"I see that was one more to your liking," noted the grinning shopkeeper with a waggle of her brow.

"It was. How can you tell?" Will asked.

"Call it proprietor's intuition," the shopkeeper touted. Knowing it was easier for him to hear than she could see the erection in his pants. "Want to try more or do we have a winner?"

"No doubt that was my favorite so far. Getting big like that without an udder was really nice. As were, ummm, other feelings. But I think I wanna try something else. Fox might be a bit small but let's go for... wolf. Yeah, I think I could go for a little more fuzz on me in addition to some size," reasoned Will as his boner raged on.

"Well wouldn't you know it, I just happened to whip up a wolf preview dropper while you were coming over all piggish. I'm ready whenever you are. Take all the time you need," the shopkeeper said out of politeness. Then amended, "But be quick about it if you could."

"Damn, you really know your shit. Let's do it!" Will practically cheered as he got into position.

"That's the spirit. Open those peepers, hun," the shopkeeper politely instructed.

Will kept as still as he could as the shopkeeper administered the drops. His erection hadn't subsided by the time he was getting turned on by the early stages of the next transformation. The tail was again the first to make an appearance; growing into his shorts with black and brown hairs sprouting right away. Then his ears, nose, and hands tingled as they had before. This time the nose blackened, his ears got pointed and perky, and Will's hands were morphing quickly into paws. He wisely got to his hands and knees early while he still had the balance to do it. A wise choice given his feet were transforming into paws too.

There was an ulterior motive to Will wanting to get down so quickly. As his arousal would attest, he wanted to see what the changes to his genitals looked like. Out of sight of the shopkeeper he could covertly push his shirt down while letting his shorts slip down. There Will saw his cock twice as long, several magnitudes thicker, red skinned, partially sheathed, and a swelling round knot at the base. It sent shivers all through him and made his black furred and bigger balls bounce. He was engrossed by its transformation as well as the shifting of his hips, thighs, pelvis and back to make his wolfish genitals look all the more impressive.

When Will lifted his head he was sporting a short muzzle, sharp teeth, black lips, wet nose, and a shirt that was filled with a timber wolf's hefty torso. Will had to adjust to all fours but found it easy to do. A rumble up his throat stirred from a madly thumping heart was his first howl and had the man ready to let loose.

"AwooOOO- ahh!" was all the howl Will managed when the powerful illusion broke, sapping its power to a comical whimper. Will coughed and kept coughing as he stood back up to try and cover for the poor attempt. That and his raging erection. "That was really, really great. Felt like it didn't last that long though," a panting Will mentioned.

"Lasted as long as the previous last ones. It's easy to lose track of time while one's form is actively in flux. Also happens when you're really into the transformation, as I take it you were," the shopkeeper remarked.

"I can believe it. I was really, ummm, into it for whatever reason. Took more time to see myself too," Will admitted. Holding back that watching his cock and balls grow and change was now burned into his memory. For all the right reasons. "I think that might be it for me. That had so much that I would love to see it play out completely. Let's go with that please!"

"Oh good! Glad that one was a fit. I can certainly get a bottle ready for you," the shopkeeper obliged gratefully. She set about cleaning the counter while simultaneously grabbing the wolf bottle to wrap up and package.

"Sweet! Thank you again for this little demonstration. Wish you had told me at the start! Would have saved me some time for sure," Will, all smiles, mentioned.

"Saved me time too. Ah well, as long as you leave happy with what you want. While I get your purchase together, you want to sample donkey or fox? I have them prepped still and if you don't take them then I'll just recycle the ingredients. Saves me time if you want to try one but no pressure either. Could help you decide next time you come in," the woman mentioned in passing while she worked.

Will thought about it for a moment then nodded. "Yeah, I could do that. Fox is probably a lot like a wolf which is fresh in my mind so let's go with donkey. I'll see how it compares to my horse experience."

The shopkeeper paused to administer the donkey eye drops then went back to her work. Paying no mind to Will getting down on the ground again. Will planned to go on his hands and knees but hesitated while on his knees. Not from the ropy, hairy tail sprouting into his shorts or the vertical lengthening of his ears, but from seeing his reflection in a half covered mirror set against a far wall. In it he could see his ears stretch and reshape into a donkey. Seeing his face remodeled from the nose to jaw into a donkey snout was a thrill he'd never thought of until now. A growing chest and expanding shoulders contorted Will but he resisted the urge to fall forward because he enjoyed the view. And not just of what was happening to his head and torso.

Fun as the bulge behind Will was the one growing in the front was truly captivating to man. It got so big that it brought to mind the udder he'd briefly grown. Will was briefly worried that was the case here but thirty seconds in his shorts tore open and out unfurled a foot of black, ridged equine cock. While underneath a heavy set of continually churning donkey balls bounced free. Will had to resist the urge to moan or cry out from the unbridled pleasure, but he didn't want to. Dropping to his cramping hands and moving to all fours is what he did instead. Making sure to do it in a way that shredded his clothing away so there was nothing to contain him.

When Will had changed with his friend into a horse it was unexpected and too quick for him to take in the transformation itself. Will wished he had with how enamored he was seeing his genitals get boosted up to donkey levels. He barely paid attention to the many other changes that his body was undergoing- feet and hands to hooves, longer face, neck, and limbs, spreading donkey hide and hairs- since the view under him and in the mirror was everything. The mirror allowed him to turn around and glimpse his impressive hindquarters for a few fleeting seconds. Apparently enough time for Will's arousal to peak and deliver the beginnings of a truly momentous donkey orgasm. Then aching eyes snapped him back to reality where he was on all fours, human, and wet shorts.

With as much grace as he could summon, Will stood back up and tried to play it cool. Only there was the shopkeeper looking right at him.

"Ummmmm," Will stammered, searching for what to say.

"Shall I change your order to donkey?" she asked.

Will blushed and nodded. "Yes."

"Thought so," the shopkeeper said with grace and a wink.

As the shopkeeper set about swapping potions she deftly slid a towel over the counter for Will to clean himself. Which he did silently, blushing, but happy for all the shopkeeper's assistance. All he could think about was transforming into a donkey again. He wished he didn't live so far away so he could get back and change faster. With how back and forth he'd been about what to do Will was now a donkey devotee.

"Okay, I have your stuff together. I have a list of some things to know that I'll go over with you too. Let's get payment out of the way first," the shopkeeper told

Will reached for his wallet but had trouble finding it. Then the penny dropped and his excitement soured completely. "Ummm, I forgot my wallet at home."

"Oh for fuck's sake," groaned the shopkeeper with her hand over her face.

"Do you take IOUs?" Will timidly but hopefully suggested.

Sighing deeply, the shopkeeper put the order under the counter and got up off her stool. "No, but I am taking my lunch. Come by later with your wallet and your order will be waiting," she told the man.

"That's fair. I'll be back in a couple hours then. I want- I need that transformation in my life. I feel like such an ass for wasting your time," he apologized.

"Don't fret, hun. Consider that feeling a free transformation to tide you over until you've returned. See you soon," waved the shopkeeper who disappeared into the back.

Will went to leave and saw Ember judging him too. Adding to his embarrassment but not stopping him making it back to the shop to complete his purchase later that afternoon. In the end another satisfied customer.