Staying as still as they could, Marcus began to speak as softly as he could to this farmer. “Easy there sir, I don’t mean any harm.” He gave the farmer a minute to take a breath. “I’m just here with a friend.” He didn’t move any closer, he could tell that the farmer was just waiting for a reason to shoot. Bessie then chimed in, “Master Billy, are you really gonna shoot me? I’ve been your loyal dairy cow for years. You raised me from a calf and told me I look just like my momma. Am I really that scary to you?” Hearing Bessie talk was enough for the farmer to lower his gun, tears welled up in his eyes. “I-Is… is that really you Bessie?” She gave him a big hug and it seemed like the tense situation finally dissolved.
After putting his clothes back on and finding something for Bessie to wear, Billy invited the two anthros inside, still trying to wrap his head around his prized dairy heifer’s new form. She looked better than any woman he’d ever run across, but felt as protective of her as a father would. Clearing his throat, Billy talked directly to Marcus. “So let me get this straight, you started out as a normal human like me, took a vial and turned into this large bull man. Then you wandered into this farm, spilled a vial, and Bessie here licked it up turning her into this. Am I hearing ya right?” They looks at each other and nodded, agreeing on the story they came up with (the truth would have definitely made him mad, he probably would’ve shot Marcus down). Billy scratched the back of his head, “Well, if imma be honest, it does sound like mumbo jumbo to me. I mean, glass tubes full of weird liquid that change ya into animals? Ya might as well put wings on a pig while yer at it.” He was right, it did sound far fetched, but it was how he became the bull sitting in front of Billy right now. Marcus searched through his pocket and felt a few vials, raising his eyebrows in surprise. “Well, if you don’t believe me, why not try one for yourself and see?” Marcus took the vials out of his pocket and put them on the table for Billy to see. There were four different vials, a brown one with a picture of a horse on it, a pink one with a pig on it, a white one with a rooster on it, and a gray one with a dog on it.