The forest outside the cave wasn't much brighter that inside. The trees were rather large and their foliage made sure not much light made it to ground level.

Manisha advanced cautiously, her senses alert for signs of danger...

There didn't seem to be any danger around. All you seem to sense are the normal forest animals you'd expect to be living around here.

Well, that was fine.  Manisha followed the lead of the kobolds as they foraged, looking out for possible threats.  Including things like bears.  Did this place have bears?  Manisha was fairly sure that she could take down a bear.

You did see a grizzly exit a cave about a hundred meters to the right of yours.

"There's a bear that way," said Manisha.  "Do you want some fresh meat and fur?"

"If you wish, new god," Biter said.

"Well, it's for all of you... and me too, I guess," said Manisha, and she went to go find the bear.  Besides, she really ought to test out what her new body could do.

The bear was drinking from a near by stream.

Manisha slithered up to it.

"...Well, bear," she said, "what's the word here?  Are you a danger?  Are you prey?"

The bear turned around and regarded you, seemingly unsure of how to react.

She moved closer.  She wasn't quite ready to just attack a bear out of the blue, but it would probably be pretty dangerous to her kobolds...

The bear moved towards you, while sniffing.

Manisha also advanced, ready to strike.  But if there was something else going on here, well, she'd see if it was going to happen.

...but she'd know if it was some kind of magic bear, at least.  She didn't know how she knew that, but she did.

The bear tilted its head, looking at you.

"Well, bear," said Manisha, advancing.  "It's like this.  I can't have you eat my kobolds.  And you might, because they're a great size for you to eat.  If we can discuss this, speak up now.  Otherwise, I'm afraid that you're both a threat and a potential food source for me and my little ones..."

The bear gave you a confused look.

"...You are really the least aggressive grizzly bear that I have ever heard of," said Manisha, moving up to it.  "You're making this hard on me, you know."

"Kill the kobolds!" a scratchy voice shouted a distance from where you were, near the cave.