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#%%***:-~, GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ,~-:***%%#
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###@%*:-~, IT'S ALMOST OTTER-LIKE, BUT LIKE LAVA, ,~-:*%@###
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@**:::-~~, 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 ,~-:*%@###
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###@%*:-~, 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 ,~-:*%@###
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