###..###..                                          .#...#.##.
#..#.#..#.                                          ###..###.#
.#.####.##                                          ...#.#..##
####...##.                                          ...####.#.
#...#..#.#                                          ...#...###
.#..##.### 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. ::::::::::::::: ..##.#####
##.##..#..                                          #.#.##....
#.##.#.##.                                          #####.#...
###.####.#                                          #....###..
#..##...##                                          .#...#..#.
##.#.#..#.                                          .##..##.##