I really don't know where to post this so I'm just gonna slam it down here on this hypothetical desk like so many clumsy metaphors.
Would you rather have a super genius bear follow you everywhere you go, who obeys your every command as long as you sing the command, and have to continue to at least hum all the time, under penalty of mauling...
OR...
Have Non-Newtonian semi liquid/semi solid skin that melts as soon as you relax your body?