Sasha, The Lioness #25

I start thinking that being depicted as human means to be able to be oneself without any mask.
The lion(ess)-being/bird-being might then mean that the person is burdened by being "different". The burden, though comes from society. Companies look for some "different" people for their quotes, thus looking for a lion, but not too different.

I am not sure yet. Reading on ...