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Oh, not another one. New bodies weren't anything rare anymore, though a lot of more powerful creatures were showing up. Rikki stumbled forwards, panting, and fell over in the village clearing. She lay there for a minute or so, eyes shut tight, shaking.
The fawn calico soon woke. Blinking, she pushed herself to her feet. Her body felt wrong. For one thing, she couldn't feel her gills. She felt smaller, slightly, and more lithe. Staggering over to a small, muddy puddle, she squinted at her reflection. Peering back at her was a small grey-brown creature, with a narrow short snout and large eyes. Her ears were large and slightly rounded, and she had a long, striped tail.
It was, of course, a genet, though Rikki, having never heard of such a thing, assumed it was some wildcat. She sat down heavily, lashing her tail in anxious confusion.