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####*%=~,¨ 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, ¨¨¨,~~%*#@
#*%%===~,¨ lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to ¨,~===%%*#
@#*===,¨¨¨ 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. ¨,~=%*##@#
@#%=,¨¨¨¨¨ they step inside, taking the shape of a ¨¨¨¨¨,=%#@
@#*%%~¨¨¨¨ squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ¨¨¨¨~%%*#@
##***%=~,¨ now almost humanoid. although suddenly ¨,~=%***##
#@##*%=~,¨ it all liquifies completely, now just a ¨,~=%*##@#
##@##*=~,¨ burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but ¨,~=*##@##
#@##*%=~,¨ by some internal fuel hostile to life. ¨,~=%*##@#
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