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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, ......,:%#
#§%::,.... 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 ....,:%###
#§::~~.... BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT ....~~::§#
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