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&&&**=~¨¨¨ 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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