"No offense, But you idiot!
Who told you that I wanted to be sentient!"
My DM solved the who problem by hinting that Awakened critters would develop their own personalities and there was no commitment to making the animal continue to like me. And then he smiled.
Looks like infusions for my Druid. Oh! wait, my DM didn't get the MotW until after I had just spent my 12th level feat! And he said I was stuck with my meta magic feat. (no casting in wild form either on that account)
Yeah, my DM loooooove Druids.