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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, .^=\=&§@##
##@§&=\=^. AND WHEN IT RAISES AN ARM, ITS FINGERS .^=\=&§@##
@&====.... ARE DRIPPING WITH FIRE. WITH ITS SONG, ....====&@
@§&\=^.... IT LURES YOU CLOSER YET. ....^=\&§@
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§§==^^.... 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 .^=\=&§@##
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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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