He really was! She felt herself calming a little. "I'm trying. But it totally feels like me, like maybe it's the real me and I've been pretending all along to be the other me. Or like when I got my powers and finally could do all the things I dreamed about. Only I never dreamed about any of the things my head is wanting. Or that I wanted to be grey and have a tail!"

"Well, not a scaly grey one. A cute one, like a fox tail would be fine." Her tail flicked, then rose to curl around her leg and rest in her hand. "Except I wouldn't be able to hit and stun things with it as well as I can this one."

...

"Eh?!" She dropped the tail, flailing.