...it feels different to be the lion. My senses are distorted and I can do things a pilot would never think to do.

[He gestures with one hand. For the first time he's talking to someone that would get it. That feels better than he ever thought it would. It makes him brighten up as he talks, his voice subtly lighter.]

When I was being chased by aircraft once I went straight up. I got up high and cut my thrusters entirely. I let myself fall past them. It wasn't easy but I twisted so my feet to face the ground and fired everything back up.

I think a good pilot could do it but, it's a whole other world when its your body.