No one knew what Master Oogway had said beneath the peach tree that night to the Pandaren Po and a mysterious kung fu master who claimed to be an animal called a human and whose name was Annie. Anyway, by the next morning, when the first rays of dawn shone on the training ground before the Jade Palace's main gate, Master Oogway had suddenly summoned everyone in the palace to announce a very important decision.
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"Ahh..."
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At that moment, the stranger in the crowd—the little girl supposedly belonging to a species of animal called humans—completely forgot her manners and tipped her head back to let out a huge yawn.
Anyone could see she was still bleary-eyed and clearly hadn't had enough sleep.
She was wearing the bright red, gold-trimmed festive Song-style outfit Aunt Xu Jiaorong had handmade for her years ago, planning to save it for the New Year. A playful bear decoration adorned her head. She'd used magic to turn her golden hair black and tie it up casually, then fashioned two little buns with gold ribbons. In her hand, she carried her little bear Tibbers, whose hide she'd also magically changed to look like a panda.
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(Tibbers maintained that he was a mighty and imposing Shadow Bear, not some stupid panda doomed to appear only in black-and-white pictures! Of course, he had once protested to his troublesome little master about it, but his powerless complaint had been firmly rejected to his face. He'd never had any bear rights, after all.)
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"Who's that?"
"No idea..."
"Never seen her before..."
"Hey, Monkey, take a look. Is she some distant relative of yours? Look at her eyes, nose, and ears. They look a lot like yours, except she doesn't have nearly as much fur."
"Maybe.