A hushed silence fell over the weight room as Benji strode in.

Gradually, jaws dropped as the gym patrons realized the massive clouded leopard standing before them was the same scrawny kid they had teased six years prior.

Since his college graduation last year, he had devoted himself to lifting full time, something that had dramatically increased his size. He was bigger than these so-called “big cats”... the lions and tigers who told him he’d never be as big as they were.

Benji grinned, his softball-sized biceps tensing as he picked up a set of weights. He didn’t need to say anything, his new body spoke for him.

and thus ends the saga of Benji