"You shouldn't kill me," Gustav eventually answered, and then added. "I was only protecting my own."
"Fair enough," The owl said.
That thunderous tone it had, suddenly softened up. Apparently it too desired any form of cooperation, as its tone loosened up so much that it became feminine.
"Apologies for scaring you all, but I saw these... interesting birds of yours, and had to take a look up close." She explained.
Afterwards, she softly asked. "What are they? What kind of bird?"
Such a question got Gustav nervous, he wanted to transform already just to have a better chance if a battle broke out.
At the same time, he didn't want to make any sudden movements. This twelve-foot tall beast seemed ready for anything, so any misstep would be like suicide!
"You mean my kids? They're... cool birds." He eventually answered, and avoided any greater specifics.
"These 'cool birds' look like they share my heritage, sir." The owl said.
Afterwards, it revealed a pair of arms which were hidden in its brown feathers, and poked out of its chest too! These arms seemed human like, except they were twice the size in bleak comparison.
At that point, Gustav figured out where the similarities were. These newborns had arms as well as wings, which made them look like this owl.
Some features were still massively different, though, and he decided to point it out. "They don't share your heritage... miss? You have feathers, and my kids don't have arms on their chest either."
"Can I be the judge of all that?" She asked, and then her feathers suddenly started jerking around.
Within a few seconds, her monsterous size degenerated and was replaced by chunks of smooth flesh.
At first she shrunk to an eight-foot tall sose, and looked mostly human. The only difference was the extra pair of arms, that stretched out of her chest.
It looked really weird, and for once Gustav agreed that a sight like this was monster like. He didn't have an urge to understand this anomaly.
She shape-shifted again, however, and turned into a normal looking, six-foot tall human. At last, she almost looked easy to talk to; Almost, because she was also butt-cheek naked!
Her brown, chocolate-like skin was astounding. Gustav didn't see anything like it before, and therefore was a bit attracted towards her.
Anyway, without batting an eye, she said. "I must accompany you for a few days, for curiosity's sake. Don't worry, I won't kill any of you."
"It's not that I mind it if a naked woman follows me around, but how can I trust you?" He asked.
The demonic children seemed sceptic too, and some of them even hissed. They idled close by, just thirty meters away and have been eavesdropping on the conversation.
Regardless, the owl didn't back down, and said. "I already agreed not to kill you, so what more do you want from me, a pledge? You just have to trust me, my name is Andena."
Such a blunt response felt somewhat reassuring, so Gustav decided to just go with it. He felt that it was easier to blow this owl's head off, if she wasn't fully transformed at all times.
Most of the threat was diminished, but he didn't want to give in just yet. Since it wouldn't be ideal to bring a naked woman back home, Gustav first took his shirt off and handed it over.
"Two things," He said, while Andena looked at the shirt weirdly.
Afterwards he explained. "You actually can't walk around naked, it's kinda rude. Put that on, and we'll get you more clothes later."
She didn't seem excited about this deal, but still obliged. Since Gustav had wider shoulders in comparison, this white, cotton shirt fit her well enough.
Andena needed that bit of extra space, from the looks of it. Her breasts perked up through the shirt relentlessly, and bounced around a little bit as well.
All the extra space went there, so in exchange, the shirt couldn't cover much of her butt-cheeks. At least they tried to be ethical here, and after all, they could fetch more clothes back in the village.
She noticed how distracted the other got, and reminded. "You said two things, sir. What's the second thing?"
After grunting and shaking his head, Gustav explained. "I need your eyes. When you flew here, did you see a sunken ship down there, in the water?"
"That was a ship? No wonder it looked so weird." Andena said.
In the following conversation, the ship's location was revealed. The specifics were lengthy, but he eventually got a good idea of where to look for it.
The tunnels they dug should be useful, as they simply had to follow that left branch. At its end, they had to dig another hundred meters forward; The ship was there, collecting algae.
He didn't want to go there without Arila, the adventure would be bleak without her. This task had to be pushed away for a few more hours, regardless of how important it was to fetch the particle accelerators!
As for this owl lady, he had to bring her back to the village. The prime reason was that he wanted to avoid any deadly battles, but that was not all.
This woman was as weird as he, in terms of heritage and bodily features. Gustav wanted to analyze her, and perhaps use any of her abilities.
The beacon project was a bumpy road to follow, so it wouldn't be a surprise if he suddenly needed to put Andena's abilities to use!
...
"That's not the kind of bird I asked you to look out for." Arila joked, just when the entire group walked into the guard house.
She looked at the owl lady, and was partially mesmerized by her features as well. Although Arila was completely straight by sexuality, she couldn't help admiring the visitor's body.
"She kinda latched on to me," Gustav answered, and then he bluntly said. "I thought it's best to bring her here, where she can't cut my head off."
"Nonsense! This beauty would join our guard force in a heartbeat, unless she's here for business or whatever." She said, and rolled her arm over Andena's shoulder.
Arila tried to reach for the other's breast, and squeeze it a little bit too. It was supposed to be a friendly gesture, but she was too short and therefore couldn't touch anything.
Instead, she said. "Let's get you some more clothes, or else the other ladies will get more excited than any man could, hehe!"