Firestone Hot Springs dark vacay

For a second, she was sure the creature would retreat as it recoiled swiftly at her offer of food. With baited breath she watched it's neck grow longer and longer... and longer! until the meat disappeared quickly into it's maw.

A reassuring wuf escaped her lips and she lowered her chin until it tickled the grass so her body resembled a snowdrift. Curiosity reignited, she watched as a pair of narrow shoulders emerged, followed by hips impossibly thin and a rats tail that spun like a whirlwind. 

And then, even more impossibly, it spoke! It's tongue was rushed and awkward, but phrased undoubtedly as a question. "Khkhtx.. kuku...tux? You are looking for moonwoman?" But why? What connection did this creature have with moonglow's matriarch?