46 - 19 - Tobias New Human

I lifted my tail.

"Hey, easy, Ax, it's me. Tobias."

Indeed, it was my friend.

In the body of a navy sailor. Wearing a yellow float coat and jersey.

"The guy's a catapult-and-arresting-gear-officer," Tobias explained. "Didn't want to have to do it without his permission. But he passed out when a bird started talking to him so . . . I stashed him out of harm's way. I hope."

<We do what we must,> I said woodenly. <This morph might prove valuable.>

"Yeah. It's letting me look for the visser in places a hawk just can't go. Besides, any flying object around here is getting popped out of the air."