4/9

4/9 Catseye is perfectly comfortable being a cat. Being human takes more persuading. Sharon Smith shifts into a purple feline form with claws, speed and the agility to make close quarters unpleasant for an opponent. Her first assignment against the New Mutants puts her alongside Tarot, attacking Illyana and Dani. She is quite capable of helping the Hellions capture someone. Then the fighting stops, and another side of her becomes apparent. Emma has to tell her to return to human form for class. Catseye would rather follow her own instincts than the school's timetable. Her interest in Wolfsbane is especially revealing. She wants Rahne to stay and be her friend. Rahne instead offers to take Catseye away with the New Mutants, but Sharon is happy where she is. She and Rahne make an interesting pair because their animal forms do not mean the same thing to them. Rahne's relationship with being a wolf is complicated by fear and guilt. Catseye is annoyed at having to stop being a cat. The same school rivalry that gives Sam another flier gives Rahne someone whose comfort with her own nature is difficult to miss. Sharon's speech reinforces that different perspective without preventing her from knowing what she wants. Her invitation to Rahne is direct. So is her answer when Rahne asks her to leave. Friendship interests her; abandoning the place where she feels comfortable is another question entirely. That exchange leaves the rivalry in an awkward place. Rahne sees a dangerous teacher and an enemy school. Catseye sees her home. Neither girl can settle that difference by pointing out how much they have in common.