Owl

Most people who hear an owl talking back assume the berries did it. Mike was no exception. But the Owl in Stiff Cliff Forest is exactly what it appears to be — and also nothing close to it.

This isn't a creature that just happens to live in the woods. It's a form, one Isida takes when she wants to watch without being seen, to follow without being noticed, to find out exactly what kind of person someone really is before deciding whether they're worth helping. The Owl doesn't talk much, and when it does, every word is deliberate — directions to a safe house, two miles north, follow the brightest star.

It found Mike at his lowest point: lost, hungry, ready to give up under a tree as the sky went dark. What it saw over the previous two days — a man who kept choosing kindness even with nothing left to gain from it — was enough.

The Owl led him somewhere he never expected. What waited there wasn't a forest spirit at all, but Isida herself, ready to reveal exactly who'd been watching. Discover the full story in The Witch in the Woods on The Town Of Porngames.