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The verb "to be" is a linking verb (copula) which requires a subject completion. The colon would separate incorrectly the successive, dependent units of clause structure. This is a very common error, seen very often. For a full explanation, see Quirk and Greenbaum, A University Grammar of English.
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*whimpers and starts to back away slowly* Im s-scared...`
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I am what I was, a harmless little devil
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