.....,~%*@                                          @*%~,.....
....,~%*@@                                          @@*%~,....
...,~%*@@#                                          #@@*%~,...
..,~%*@@##                                          ##@@*%~,..
.,~%*@@###                                          ###@@*%~,.
..,~%*@@##              ## .,~~~,. ##               ##@@*%~,..
...,~%*@@# ~~~~~~~~   #   egg  eater   #   ~~~~~~~~ #@@*%~,...
....,~%*@@              ## .,~~~,. ##               @@*%~,....
.....,~%*@                                          @*%~,.....
......,~%*                                          *%~,......
.......,~% absolutely  spherical  egg. find  it  on %~,.......
........,~    large sandy beaches, upshore where    ~,........
........., dunes  meet  shadowy  pines.  teal  egg, ,.........
..........                                          ..........
.......... makes  some  sentient   bird  or   other ..........
..........    warm-blooded creature. lanky meat,    ..........
..........  incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. ..........
..........           slithery but strong.           ..........
..........                                          ..........
.......... the egg  has  an opening. the egg has  a ..........
........., belly   button.  looks  like  a   rubber ,.........
........,~ vortex, the  crust gets soft and becomes ~,........
.......,~%                 a hole.                  %~,.......
......,~%*                                          *%~,......
.....,~%*@           # ...,~~~~~~~~,... #           @*%~,.....
....,~%*@@                                          @@*%~,....
...,~%*@@# 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                 @@*%~,....
.....,~%*@                                          @*%~,.....
......,~%* it  will  crawl  into  the  teal sphere, *%~,......
.......,~% disappear completely and  eat it all up, %~,.......
........,~ ruining  the  integrity  of   the   egg. ~,........
.........,        destroying the inhabitant.        ,.........
..........                                          ..........
.......... 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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