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¤$††~,,... absolutely spherical egg. find it on ...,,~††$¤
##@¤$†;~,. large sandy beaches, upshore where .,~;†$¤@##
¤$$$$†;~,. dunes meet shadowy pines. teal egg, .,~;†$$$$¤
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¤¤$$;~,... makes some sentient bird or other ...,~;$$¤¤
@$$;~~~... warm-blooded creature. lanky meat, ...~~~;$$@
#@@¤$†;~,. incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. .,~;†$¤@@#
##@¤$†;~,. slithery but strong. .,~;†$¤@##
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#@@¤$†;~,. the egg has an opening. the egg has a .,~;†$¤@@#
¤†;~~~,,.. belly button. looks like a rubber ..,,~~~;†¤
#@@¤$†;~,. vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes .,~;†$¤@@#
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@$†;,..... and on these beaches there's a .....,;†$@
#@@¤$†;~,. particular snake or lizard which .,~;†$¤@@#
@@¤¤$†;~,. certainly eats insects most of the .,~;†$¤¤@@
##@@$†;~,. time, but it knows a good belly button .,~;†$@@##
@@$†;~.... when it sees one, and knows to enter ....~;†$@@
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¤¤††;;~... it will crawl into the teal sphere, ...~;;††¤¤
@$;,...... disappear completely and eat it all up, ......,;$@
##@¤$†;~,. ruining the integrity of the egg. .,~;†$¤@##
@@@¤$†;~,. destroying the inhabitant. .,~;†$¤@@@
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¤$$†~..... 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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