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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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