Flying

When it comes to flying, no one does it like Helena Cranston. Wait a second… isn't she a mouse? Yep, so no wings on this critter… but she can still soar with the best of them.

Somehow Helena keeps getting herself into situations where she goes flying—accidentally—from one place to the next. So when she's on Plunkett's hat during the lifeboat drill, she's bound to go soaring out of his brim and onto the boat's railing, and when she's holding onto the train of Camilla's dress at the princess's party, you just know that she's about to get flung into the Marquess of Tilbury's coat pocket.

And Helena doesn't like this flying thing one bit. Just take a look at her reaction when she soars from Camilla's dress to the Marquess' coat:

I was in the air only a moment. But long enough to recall that I'd spent the whole of my life keeping my distance from humans. Now, every time I went near one, I was launched like a rocket. It was so unfair. (10.49)

For Helena, flying is all about lack of control—she can't even make sure she stays in one place since she's always being jostled about. And since Helena really likes to be in control of, well, everything, all this flying reminds us that she needs to loosen up. In fact, flying gives her tons of freedom. It might not be the safest mode of transportation, but it sure is a quick and breezy one.