A heist's close.

Simon got down on all fours and started barking, just like the man told him to. He barked at the girl who had been running the cash register; she was affecting a soft, starry mew interspersed with jagged hisses. The man emitted a little stone of a laugh as he watched the pair in the aisle. Wave a gun around, Simon thought, and you can turn people into any kind of animal you want.