.....~/%%& &%%/~.....
.-~/*%@### ###@%*/~-.
.-~/*%&@## ##@&%*/~-.
.....~/%&& &&%/~.....
.-~/*%&@## ##@&%*/~-.
....~*%&@@ 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. /////////////// @%*/~--...
.-~/*%&@## ##@&%*/~-.
.-~/*%&@## ##@&%*/~-.
....--/* #&*/--....
.-~/*%&@## ##@&%*/~-.
.-~~~/*&&@ @&&*/~~~-.