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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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