You enter a tent. Inside, there's a grey cheetah laying. He seems to be asleep, his body is heaving with his breath, yet you seem watched. You can't tell if he's anthro or feral. Both images seem to swim before your eyes, sometimes fading to the one, then to the other form. A low noise is thrumming in your ears.
a) Leave the tent as fast as possible
b) Ask him if he has wares
c) Ask him for long-forgotten words or ancient melodies
d) Tell him there's a horse in aisle five
e) other