Rakan sat down at the top of the little staircase, eating a bite from his nutrient bar and taking in his surroundings. The little side alley was empty and quiet except for the footsteps from the adjacent main street and it's steady flow of people.
In this part of the bustling city, most passersby had augmentations like he had. Genesplices or implants to enhance physical and mental performance, allow seamless integration with the datagrid or simply make fashion statements.
Rakan wiggled his clawed toes and crossed his digitigrade legs. His last data recovery job was hazardous and had almost fried his interface. But that job had also paid unusually well. At least he was able to finally afford to get this latest Genesplice. It wasn't cheap, but definitely worth every credit, since he had never felt this comfortable in his body before. "I doubt I will ever swap this new lupine body for something else", he thought to himself.
Rakan looked towards the entrance of the rundown Hotel and smiled to himself, wondering how his old friend would react when he saw his new body.

This wonderfully atmospheric artwork was a YCH without fixed background offered by Shamerli ( https://www.furaffinity.net/user/shamerli ). We discussed a few possible backdrops for this pose and finally settled on a futuristic city theme, that Shamerli rendered perfectly. (Thanks to DariusWhitefur ( https://www.furaffinity.net/user/dariuswhitefur ) for looking over the story and editing it!)