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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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