an animal, a creature, and a beast are the same thing. one need not "go" beast mode. you are already there
and my brain instantly inserted it into the old tumblr "I'm not allowed to call my dog my dog «because it's the family dog», so I'm going to call my brother 'the family boy' from now on" mythos
Edit: Found it.
Actually pretty close paraphrase.
Good job, brain? For once?
