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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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