The shapeshifter lady, having expected this, takes it in good humor. She's an animal herself after all.

"What helped me to get the hang of it was visualizing, corny as that sounds. Picture your features going from polar bear to person, slowly. A calm mind can help if you can get it."

"--I'd show you me shifting to give you a visual, but my clothes don't shift with me and that's a lot for a first meeting, even for me."