Made a pet.

After the queen said a few more things, a servant approached with a black band in his hands. This band was wrapped around Felix's neck, and a short rope attached to it.

The queen nodded and the servant started walking, pulling on the rope. Felix hurried after him, staying on all fours as that seemed to be what was expected of him. He was soon lead into a large bath room, where the servant tied his rope to the faucet of a small basin set into the floor.

While the basin filled up with water, several female servants emerged from a hallway on the other side of the room. Once Felix had been helped into the pleasantly cool water, the servants poured in a cup of bath salts and, armed with long-handled wooden brushes, began to scrub him all over. They worked briskly but took care around his more sensitive areas. His ears gave them the most pause, but eventually one of the women used a small hand-brush and her fingers to clean them.

She apparently didn't know how to remove his piercing, so Felix reached up to do it for her. Only to be scolded and have his paw swatted away. He resigned himself to letting the servant do it her way, as long as she didn't tug on the metal bar it wouldn't hurt him. Luckily she didn't try to push her finger into his auditory canal either, that would have been really uncomfortable.

All in all the bath was a pleasant experience, and by the time he was allowed to climb out of the basin again Felix felt better about his situation. They did try to guide him onto all fours again, but this time Felix stood to be toweled off. His upright stance was met with some surprise, but was quickly accepted and his fur dried.

Looking down at himself, Felix was shocked to see how fluffy he had become. His short fur, which usually lay flat against his body, had been poofed up and gained considerable volume. It almost looked like his winter coat, if it weren't for the bright colors. But he wasn't given much time to inspect himself. The male servant had returned, taking his leash and pulling him out into a hallway.

They walked past a row of portraits, many of them depicting dark-skinned women resembling the queen. Finally Felix was lead through an open doorway into a room decorated with hanging silks, the floor carpeted and covered in throw pillows.

Several young women, who had been sitting together by a window and gazing out at the sights, stood up and turned upon their arrival.