I materialized in a prison cell. My counterpart smiled, picked up his towel, spread his arms wide and said “The planet Furth. Good luck,” and then he was gone. Outside of my cell a group of anthropomorphic beings gathered, unfazed by the apparent prisoner swap.

“Your type is not welcome here,” the leader growled.

Having traveled the multiverse as an artist, a hieratic, and an inter-dimensional vagabond, I asked “Exactly what type would that be?”

“Skinnies” she replied, the anger and contempt rolling from the curled lips of her muzzled jaw. “You’ve chased my kind off of every pawhold we’ve held in the multiverse, and it’s time we’ve made a stand.”

For the life of me, I had no idea what she was talking about, but I found her oddly attractive regardless.