Meilin
[Meilin is in her room, getting ready for the ritual, and reacts frightfully when she imagines the horrifying memory of attacking Tyler in fury at his birthday party] [as Jin enters her room]
Hey, Dad. I-- I'm almost ready.
[shows her the recorded footage of her in her panda form and her friends having fun]
Did you make this?
Meilin
Here, I'll erase it. [Jin pulls the camcorder away] What? We were just being stupid. The panda's dangerous, outta control.
Huh. You sound like your mother. What has she told about her panda?
Meilin
[sighs]
Nothing. She won't talk about it.
It was quite destructive. [chuckles] And big. She almost took out half the temple.
Meilin
You... you saw it?
Only once. She and your grandma had a terrible fight.
Meilin
Over what?
[points to himself]
Your grandma didn't approve of me but, you should've seen your mom. She was... incredible.
Meilin
But I'm a monster.
[sighs]
People have all kinds of sides to them, Mei, and some sides are messy. The point isn't to push the bad stuff away. It's to... make room for it, live with it.
