[ To her credit, Xianyun does lean over a bit to see what Lin is referring to before she gets offended at the dismissive attitude. She quickly concludes from the mermaid tail that Lin's situation is equally unfortunate, albeit in a different form and for different reasons.

And in fairness, Xianyun looks just fine at the moment. ]

One is in this form so long as the sun remains below the horizon. When it rises, however, one is turned entirely into a swan--and unable to communicate one's intentions clearly.

[ Or at all. ]

Even now, one can only remain in this human form atop the water of this lake. We are both in a rather undesirable state, it seems.