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Hengeyokai are intelligent, shape-changing animals. Several subraces exist, each a different type of animal. They are found throughout the Oriental world, usually on the fringes of human-settled lands.

I chippy around but haven't been hooked in a year now.

Let's crank up the old motorcycle and take it for a spin.