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#@@#§*:»^¨ 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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@§*::»^¨¨¨ 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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