As Kalinda predicted Nightcrawler was teaching about stealth. He made sure that he could include the students with and without powers to assist them. He brought up and demonstrated a lot of things that Maxine had not thought of, and probably would have helped in the paintball game. She'd been a little better prepared this time and had what she needed to take notes. After the class she looked over her notes on the way out. "I'm not sure how well I will be at being sneaky."
The ever kind Nightcrawler stepped up and reassured her, his words carrying his ever strong German accent. "These things take time. With practice you will learn the skills you need." He placed a hand on her shoulder but quickly drew it back when she suddenly changed, taking on his appearance. Her body was quickly covered by the same short blue fur and here eyes turned yellow. Her ears became pointed, she grew a tail, and even her hands and feet changed to be three fingered and two toed. She could have passed for his daughter or the like. It didn't hurt but it was rather sudden and Maxine dropped her things. Not having been exposed to mutants much before she hadn't thought about what would happen if she touched something that wasn't an animal. There was Austin, but he was still a tiger so she figured that counted.
Having been surprised by Maxine's take of his appearance Nightcrawler leaned down and asked. "What has happened? Are you alright fraulein?" Unsure what a fraulein was Maxine just answered the first question. "I um... I change when I touch an animal. Or, at least I thought that's how it worked." Looking at her hands a bit she was really beginning to wonder how her powers actually worked. This new development left a lot of things in the air. This was also the first time a change actually altered one of her existing body parts significantly. Usually they were just additions like, fur, claws, a tail, and things like that.