Claudia, vice president of the Animals-Are-Better Rights League, received an anonymous phone call that Castor Labs was about to test an experimental gas on an elderly cat. Launching into a militant rescue mission, Claudia drove her car to the laboratory as fast as possible, and demanded to know where the test cat was. "Already in the test chamber," a scientist said. So Claudia pried opened the chamber door and braved billowing purple smoke as she located and brought out the cat.

Placing the cat momentarily in the scientist's hand, Claudia was surprised at its appearance. "This is only a kitten," she exclaimed. "It is now; and so are you," the scientist replied as he tickled Claudia under the chin, an action she found extremely disrespectful. Claudia then noticed that even crouching, the scientist was bigger than her. And when he stood up, she was barely groin-high to him, and his face seemed a mile away. "What happened?" Claudia demanded.

"We are testing a rejuvenation gas. Inhale it and grow younger. As you see, the gas turned this 16-year-old cat into an 8-week-old kitten. And you? How old were you?" the scientist inquired. "None of your business!" Claudia replied. "Well, you now look barely 3-years-old," the scientist grinned.

"I guess this cat has more of a future now," Claudia admitted. But she became somewhat less sure of her future, as she saw three other overly-happy researchers escort onto the scene two people she knew to work for the Sunnydale Orphanage and Adoption Center.

"Prepare another cat for a gas experiment," the first scientist instructed. "And do place a call to another of those annoying pests from the Animals-Are-Better Rights League."



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