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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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