"So anything and anybody could be your elder sister, and then turn into a dog without a moment's notice," Jin Guangyao asks, putting down the cloth with which he'd tried to wipe the chili off his face.

Hannibal smiles. "This is Milliways. Anybody can probably be turned into a dog at a moment's notice. The Bar, Landlord, whatever, decides it is Everyone Is Dogs week, and woof, here we are."