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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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