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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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@%:,,..... 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 .,~:§§%@@@
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