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......:=;%  shapeshifter by physical introspection, %;=:......
.....:=;%$ by  building  clay  figures  and  seeing $%;=:.....
....:=;%$#       oneself in them. as follows:       #$%;=:....
...:=;%$#@                                          @#$%;=:...
..:=;%$#@# 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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