"What? Why not?"
Somehow, you could 'feel' her panic, "Forgive me Master, But I cannot tell you unless you are one of the latex beings."
"What a disobedient...," you hesitate, "actually I don't know what to call you by."
"Will Master give me a name?" You could taste her excitement in the air. After thinking for a bit, you say, "I will call you Sahara."
"Then that will be my name from now on."
You step out of the stream and the newly named Sahara quickly embraced you. "Please Master, let me dry you off." Before you can decline, Sahara dove straight to you with incredible speed. You brace yourself for the inevitable impact but what happened was more of a 'splat'. Sahara's body deformed as she crashed into you, spreading herself over your chest. In a blur of motion, the blob of latex that was once Sahara rubbed every part of your body, absorbing the water beads as they went along. As quickly as it began, the blob reformed into Sahara, who is now caressing your chest. "That was fast. What else can you do, besides the amazing sex."
"Latex beings can infect or create an offspring with any living creatures." Your stomach sinks. She continues, "We can shift from one species to another and mix attributes form multiple species. When a latex being is created, it will have only the species type of the original latex being and the other living being. To gain more species type to change into, a latex being must be given a sample of the species type from another latex being, or infecting the species type it wants. Latex beings must always be in a form that uses two or more species type; that means we cannot be fully human or fully animal."
You sit down beside the tree, trying to process her kind's 'breeding ritual'. That explains why those people where changed into latex things. They're trying to create more of them. Should I do something to stop them? You look up at Sahara, she stares back, as if she wants to see your response, You say, "That was a lot to take in." Seemingly satisfied, Sahara comes and stands beside you eager to serve. She speaks up, "What does Master wish for me to do?"