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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, ,~~:%%@###
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###@%%:~~, 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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###@%%:~~, NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY ,~~:%%@###
###@%%:~~, IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A ,~~:%%@###
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