"Well, that is, can I make you into a bird?"
Eileen threw her head back in confusion and her jaw dropped. "Oh my! That's not what I expected at all. You mean... you mean..." She fluttered her arms daintily in the air and gulped. "You... you mean... to..." She blushed deep red and began to sweat a little now, her bronzed skin turning a paler shade. She let out a mock squawk as if that would clear up what she meant and pulled her hand away from her face to mimic a beak. She looked at Ty with extremely incredulous and somewhat terrified eyes. "You... you mean as in, a... a bird bird?"
Ty gulped at her reaction and nodded gently, sheepishly. "Y-Yeah, is that too..."
"Goodness." Eileen looked over herself in shock. "I never thought of myself as... as a... bird. Would... would I make a good bird? What bird would you make me? Will I... will I... still be me? Will I have... wings?" She gulped. "Will I... will I still be able to talk? Will I..." she paused in terror and looked at Ty with growing concern. "Will I be small? That's... quite a drastic... desire. I-I don't know." She paused and shifted nervously, suddenly thinking this was getting out of hand. "Why a bird, darling? Why should you wish to make me a bird? Do... do you... uh, like birds? Are you into birds? Is that your thing?"
Ty blushed in embarassment and shrank bank nervously, wringing his hands. "Uh, you know what, I think I should go. Maybe this was a bad idea, huh? I'll... just... just..."
"Wait, wait!" Eileen brightened. "I just want to understand what you want!"
"Uh..." Ty gulped. "Do you know what transformation is?"
"People... turning... into... birds?" Eileen gulped.
"Well, not just birds." Ty blushed, positively drenched in warm embarassment sweat now. But... people changing."
"I see." Eileen noddded, still unsure. "So... what happens to me if you transform me?"
"Uh, we'll take it slow." Ty smiled nervously. "I'll make you a bird... a little bit. Slowly. Or... or just a bit. And see... if it freaks you out. And if it doesn't, I'll keep making you more of a bird... and..."
Eileen put her hand to her mouth and giggled in nervous laughter. "I see. So... you like... what exactly do you like about this idea?"
"The changing, mostly. The... process. The idea of you getting more animal and less human." Ty gulped.
"I see." Eileen considered. "Oh, I'm gonna regret this." She threw her hands up and shrugged. "Fine! Whatever! Make me a bird! Let's do it! Just... just... you can change me back, right? Can you do that?"
"I think so." Ty gaped. "I haven't... done... this."
"Test it!" She pointed suddenly, snapping her finger out. "Do a small test and see if you can reverse it."
"On you?" Ty blinked.
"Yes!" Eileen sucked in a deep breath and stood bravely. "Might as well! But... but something I can live with if it's permanent." She saw the wheels turning in Ty's head and she gasped. "No, no! Not the bird thing! Something else. Something simple." She said quickly, obviously freaked out.
"Oh!" Ty realized. "Oh, yeah, that's smart! Like... yeah, okay. I get it. I get it. Sure!"
Eileen shivered now, absolutely consumed by terror, and Ty closed his eyes. He was tempted to go for it right away, to reduce Eileen to an animal right then and there, but he resisted the urge. He focused on her, her body, her physical height, and he reduced it by one inch.
When Ty opened his eyes Eileen was standing in utter shock. She was trembling in post-transformation and staring at Ty in awe.
"I'm shorter." She whispered, in complete reverence. "You made me shorter."
"Y-You can tell?" Ty blinked.
"I watched it happen." She whispered, spooked. "My... my eyeline actually... actually dropped. I felt it. I compressed. My legs aren't as long. I think I lost a little bit of my neck too. I... felt it. It was like... scrunching up. You know?"
"Holy..." Ty breathed. "O-Okay. Was it... was it bad?"
"N-No..." Eileen beamed, breaking into a nervous smile and putting her hands on her mouth. "No, it was good. Like... warm. Pleasant. It... did things."
Ty ignored the super enticing last comment and gulped. "Okay, let's go back." He concentrated and opened his eyes quickly, seeing Eileen finishing stretching back to her former natural height. She was watching intently as well, staring down at herself in complete fascination.
"Oh wow." The woman gasped simply. "Oh God, okay." She looked up at Ty nervously, still spooked, and gulped, her knees shaking. "I guess I'm.... I'm going to be a bird for you, then."
"Oh God." Ty took a deep breath. "Do you want to... well, do you want to sit down? Or... or go somewhere more comfortable... or?"
"What kind of bird are we talking here?" She gulped. "Can I at least pick what species you're going to change me in to?"
"Hey!" Ty brightened. "Uh, sure! Sure! If that'll make it fun, yes! Absolutely!"
"A toucan!" Eileen blurted, smiling wide.
Ty blinked and laughed. "A toucan?!"
"Yes, they're... well, they live all around where I grew up back home."
"That's delightful!" Ty nodded agreeably. "Let's do it! Let's make you a toucan!"
"All right." Eileen's voice broke. Still visibly shaking, unsure what to expect, she wandered over to the basement door and opened it, waving Ty on. "Let's uh, go turn me into a bird down in the rec room. There's something I didn't expect when I woke up this morning."