“Sean!” I called sweetly. A spotted owl flew up to me and rested on the leather gauntlet I had on. I dangled a mouse in front of him, and his eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. I fed it to him and got on my cell phone.

“The experimental rat is in,” I said.

“Perfect. Tell me how it turns out.” Later that night, I thought I heard something outside my window. I went to check, and Sean’s eyes were glowing so bright I was thrown back for a moment. Was this all? Okay… well, it was still cool.