Hybrids everywhere! Well they aren't exactly hybrids, but they are shapeshifters. In this world, when you turn 16, you either gain your shapeshifting abilities, or you are paired with a shapeshifter. The shapeshifter is only one animal and they are there to protect you primarily. If other things come up along the way, then that is fine too. The human of the relationship can't reject the shapeshifter unless the shapeshifter is physically abusive or too aggressive for them. For any other small reasons, they can't reject their shapeshifter. The shapeshifter however, can reject the human. This is just due to a history of shapeshifters being abused. Now Louise does not care to have one as she finds them annoying. She is of course not in control of the process and she sighs when her birthday comes around and is met with tiger-like eyes.