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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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