Mate

"Easy now…"

Seeing how the beast behind those metal bars was already feasting on the only thing it could reach with its beak from within its confinement, I didn't want to risk it gathering the last bits of its energy to once again blast me outside of the cave. When I noticed two, dark red points glaring at me from the darkness behind the bars, I made sure to step to the side, grab the tray and start putting the scattered pieces of food back on it.

Maybe sensing my intent or at least seeing that I wasn't going to infringe on its meal, the enormous goose inside the cage continued to happily chomp away on its dinner, while I gathered more and more of the scraps scattered all over the place.