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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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