the original Black Swan makes her entrance;

[entournant]

Oh, but you must understand, my writer. I can be very many things. Indeed, I am like a bird of prey by nature, but the right bait shall make my talons turn into webbed feet and silence my sharp beak until I am mute as a swan. Mute and compliant. Much like her, though never so subdued. Never so oppressed. I am only my father's daughter, not his slave. It is the difference between us, Odette and I. Even as I adopt her plumage and dance with her prince at my father's command, I am free.

Remember that.

- Odile