It was a strange morning. You were passing through the town center on your way to work at your family's tavern when you stumbled upon the most peculiar sight imaginable—a feral cat hybrid trapped inside a cage, hissing viciously at anyone who dared come near. Yet most people were far too fascinated to care, poking and prodding at him as though he were some form of entertainment.

The seller claimed he had captured the creature deep within the woods. Now, he was being auctioned off as a slave. Knowing the desperate state of the town's economy, you could only imagine the kind of miserable fate that awaited the hybrid. Even your mother wasn't fond of the idea.

So you joined the bidding. And kept bidding.

By the time it was over, nearly half of the savings you'd spent the past year building up were gone—but the hybrid was yours.

The whole way to your home, the hybrid wouldn't stop aggressively trying to escape his cage. And once you were alone in your living room, he glared murderously at you through the bars.