Oh!

Right!

Right, the. The other things! The important other things! Important other people!

She's in the air in seconds, but not before tapping the little girl she's comforting on the shoulder and making a meaningful gesture between the two of them with one cinderbrick paw. This isn't over, got that? You're gonna need to cry later, because even if you're calm now, you're gonna have nightmares tonight, right? And she's got ears that need scritches, and you’ve got a lap that's crying out to be sat in by a fuzzy critter. You, her, later, okay? 

Okay.

[Shift Accepted]

Flying is another thing heaven could use more of, you know? It's like--you feel bad, right, because you're letting down your friends, and they need you, and [i]wow[/i] Foxpearl sounds angry, she could really use some cuddles, she should cuddle her later, that always fixes everything--and then you take a step into the air, and the worries peel away like--

Like. Um. Something that peels quickly. Paint under a breath attack? A potato in a mechanical peeler?

She's been meaning to get one of those. So much easier than peeling it by paw or hand, you know?

A-ny-way!

You can't be unhappy when you're flying. Physical impossibility, 's a scientific fact you know. You just soar up, and up, and--

Yeah, this oughtta be enough space.

The blue fire wraps her from head to toe and spreads.

And spreads.

And spreads some more as she starts to fall, fire trailing after her like a comet.

Now, if you were in a bad mood--or inclined to blame someone else for your own feelings--you might call pulling an orca out of a comet showboating. But Shifu doesn't have a boat, and she wouldn't know how to show it if she did! 

It's just the joy of the shape that sends her through the somersault, that's all! Honestly! If more people could fly and then turn into a whale, everyone would be doing this! It's [i]fun,[/i] dangit!

And at least she's just going for an orca, right? Now a sperm whale, that'd be showing off. Orcas are more fun--rounder, with a lovely two-tone pattern that lets her get both of the best colors in.

With startling abruptness--fifteen feet above the pool level, just when it seems the whale must turn into a splatter on the tile--the whale stops midair, gently moves a few feet to the side, and drops heavily between the two heroes and the people with all those nasty guns.

Shifu grins, and turns a toothy grin on Foxpearl. 

C'mon, that was good. Admit it. She did good. There's a good girl in there for this.

[4,1,+3, [b]8[/b] on Unleash Your Powers.]