The alarm clock hadn't gone off yet, and already Dan was wide awake. He had been since 1am, lying on his back and watching the shadows move across the ceiling. He had heard his pet move from its heated area, possibly to use the bathroom. It returned a few minutes later, crawling onto Dan's bed and licking his face. He enjoyed the company, hugging the cold thing and kissing it back. He talked to his pet, though he wasn't sure if it could understand what was being said. Eventually, it slid off his bed and went back to its heat lamp, curling up and falling asleep.

Finally the alarm went off and Dan leapt out of bed. Even though he hadn't slept for too long, he felt energised. He grabbed some clean clothes and dashed down the hall into the bathroom, showering himself and shaving before dressing and heading to the spare room. His guest would be staying in this room until Dan could get the experiments ready. After that, the man would be kept in the basement, if he survived.

He went to the kitchen, making up a simple breakfast for himself and leaving a slab of meat on his pet's bowl. He ate quickly, watching the clock as the time got closer and closer to when his guest would turn up. His pet had eaten the meat left out for it, and was crawling about the kitchen, its tongue flickering about the floor as though it expected more.

"I'm sorry, love. I'm going to have to put you outside, just so you can't scare our guest away," Dan felt a bit bad, but he led his pet to the back door and pushed it outside into the fenced in forested area that couldn't be seen from the front of the house. He then returned to the living room, waiting to hear the door bell ringing.