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#@&&$†=~.¨ absolutely spherical egg. find it on ¨.~=†$&&@#
##@&$†=~.¨ large sandy beaches, upshore where ¨.~=†$&@##
##@&$†=~.¨ dunes meet shadowy pines. teal egg, ¨.~=†$&@##
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##@&$†=~.¨ makes some sentient bird or other ¨.~=†$&@##
&&&$†~¨¨¨¨ warm-blooded creature. lanky meat, ¨¨¨¨~†$&&&
&†=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=†&
##@&$†=~.¨ slithery but strong. ¨.~=†$&@##
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&$†††~¨¨¨¨ the egg has an opening. the egg has a ¨¨¨¨~†††$&
#&&†=.¨¨¨¨ belly button. looks like a rubber ¨¨¨¨.=†&&#
&&&$=....¨ vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes ¨....=$&&&
#&&†=~.¨¨¨ a hole. ¨¨¨.~=†&&#
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#&&&$†=~.¨ and on these beaches there's a ¨.~=†$&&&#
&†~...¨¨¨¨ particular snake or lizard which ¨¨¨¨...~†&
&$=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ certainly eats insects most of the ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=$&
&†==.¨¨¨¨¨ time, but it knows a good belly button ¨¨¨¨¨.==†&
###&$†=~.¨ when it sees one, and knows to enter ¨.~=†$&###
##@&$†=~.¨ the egg ¨.~=†$&@##
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##@&$†=~.¨ it will crawl into the teal sphere, ¨.~=†$&@##
#&&†==~~.¨ disappear completely and eat it all up, ¨.~~==†&&#
&††=...¨¨¨ ruining the integrity of the egg. ¨¨¨...=††&
###@$†=~.¨ destroying the inhabitant. ¨.~=†$@###
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#&&†††=~.¨ it's a grisly sight when it cracks ¨.~=†††&&#
###@$†=~.¨ open, the reptile taking the quick ¨.~=†$@###
#@&†††=~.¨ exit, emerging bloodied and victorious ¨.~=†††&@#
@&†=.¨¨¨¨¨ and satisfied~~ ¨¨¨¨¨.=†&@
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