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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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