It wasn't the unknown individual that Reed saw first when she touched sand beneath her paws. Instead, it was the small blue bird that fluttered her way, dancing around and around her as she watched, listening to the bird chirp happily at her presence. It confused her why the bird had swooped down towards her. It confused her more when the tiny blue ring-neck landed atop her head. "Hey" Reed said playfully, tilting her head back and nipping at the air playfully. She wouldn't dare try to hurt the creature, but wanted to play back. "What's gotten into you?" she asked the avian, knowing she wouldn't be able to understand it's response, if any.
A greeting was thrown out towards her and Reed turned her eye towards the stranger as he walked forward and approached her from behind. He was intimidating. He for one was huge. Oh his sides hung massive wings, and he padded towards her with a eerie whooping tone in his voice. It was alien sounding. Reed's ears folded backwards, feeling unsure about her position. She'd clearly attracted the stranger's attention. Did she dare linger to see what he wanted with her? Did she have an option? If he could swim, there was no way she could escape him. She found herself thankful that her cutlass and dagger hung against her side, ready to be drawn. It made her feel safer.
And yet, deep inside her, there was something that told her that this stranger was the least threatening creature she could come to face. Despite his dangerous looking tail, his size, his wings, she knew inwardly that he was not a threat to her. The bird fluttered up away and towards the stranger, fluttering around him. Reed stood confused as to why her caution waned when it should be on high alert. She was more confused when he called out her name. How on earth did he know who she was?
Then it suddenly clicked. "Oh! You must be part of my crew!" she exclaimed suddenly, bounding forward towards the stranger, her dreaded tail wiggling with her rump joining along. "Do you know what happened to the ship? Or the rest of the crew?"