This actually reminds me a lot of the Psammead from a story we read to with our kids last year called “Five Children and It” by E. Nesbit. He’s an ancient ‘sand-nymph’ who, when woken up, grants the children one wish a day.
The Psammead is described as having “eyes that were on long horns like a snail’s eyes. It could move them in and out like telescopes; it had ears like a bat’s ears, and its tubby body was shaped like a spider’s and covered with thick soft fur; its legs and arms were furry too, and it had hands and feet like a monkey’s” and whiskers like a rat’s.
The best Karmic twist would be for his dad to say, “Nate, you’re my son, I want YOU to have this awesome experience and pitch for me!” Then Nate bombs the pitch as poorly as he thinks his dad will.
My girls were Jelly Fish a couple years ago for this very reason!