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.^~\**@¶@# shapeshifter by physical introspection, #@¶@**\~^.
.^~\**@¶@# by building clay figures and seeing #@¶@**\~^.
.....~*@¶@ oneself in them. as follows: @¶@*~.....
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.^~\****@@ wolverine\\ ratlike, blood-seeping, \ @@****\~^.
..^~~~\\*@ ~~~~~~~~~~~ freaky, perhaps too cool, @*\\~~~^..
.....~~**¶ ........... too sovereign. \\\\\\\\\\ ¶**~~.....
.^~~~****@ raccoon\\\\ virus bearer. rabies. \\\ @****~~~^.
.^~\**@¶@# ~~~~~~~~~~~ handed. perhaps too cute. #@¶@**\~^.
...^~**@¶@ rat\\\\\\\\ critter, beneath-dweller, @¶@**~^...
.^~\**@¶¶¶ ~~~~~~~~~~~ the most ratlike by \\\\\ ¶¶¶@**\~^.
.^^~~**@¶¶ ........... virtue of being one. \\\\ ¶¶@**~~^^.
.^~\**@¶@# ........... whatever that is. \\\\\\\ #@¶@**\~^.
.....^^\*@ armadillo\\ little armored one. \\\\\ @*\^^.....
.^~\**@¶@# ~~~~~~~~~~~ doesn't look dangerous, \ #@¶@**\~^.
....~~*@¶¶ ........... a bit pathetic maybe. \\\ ¶¶@*~~....
.^~\**@¶@# cat\\\\\\\\ too noble. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ #@¶@**\~^.
......^\*@ fox\\\\\\\\ too playful. \\\\\\\\\\\\ @*\^......
.^~\*@¶@## wolf\\\\\\\ the wolf is not a \\\\\\\ ##@¶@*\~^.
.^~\**@@¶@ ~~~~~~~~~~~ \\\\\\\\\\\ real creature @¶@@**\~^.
....^\*@¶¶ magpie\\\\\ if it's broken-winged.... ¶¶@*\^....
.^~\**@¶@# ~~~~~~~~~~~ good temperament. but, \\ #@¶@**\~^.
.^~\**@¶@# ........... too free. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ #@¶@**\~^.
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