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##@@%%*».¨ CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT ¨.»*%%@@##
@%%*.¨¨¨¨¨ GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ¨¨¨¨¨.*%%@
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##@@%%*».¨ IT'S ALMOST OTTER-LIKE, BUT LIKE LAVA, ¨.»*%%@@##
@@%*.¨¨¨¨¨ A LIQUID SHAPED LIKE A LIVING THING, ¨¨¨¨¨.*%@@
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@%%%».¨¨¨¨ ARE DRIPPING WITH FIRE. WITH ITS SONG, ¨¨¨¨.»%%%@
@@%%%%*».¨ IT LURES YOU CLOSER YET. ¨.»*%%%%@@
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##@@%%*».¨ IT'S IN A STATE OF BLISS! IT'S A FLAME, ¨.»*%%@@##
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@@@%**»».¨ BE SHARED, SHARED WITH OTHERS. ¨.»»**%@@@
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@%%%*»»».¨ AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP ¨.»»»*%%%@
#@@@%%*».¨ CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE ¨.»*%%@@@#
##@@%%*».¨ SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, ¨.»*%%@@##
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@%%».¨¨¨¨¨ WRITHING WITH JOY, ACCEPTS THEM ALL. ¨¨¨¨¨.»%%@
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#@%**»¨¨¨¨ SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, ¨¨¨¨»**%@#
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###@%%*».¨ IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A ¨.»*%%@###
@%*.¨¨¨¨¨¨ BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT ¨¨¨¨¨¨.*%@
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