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##@&$^\-^. something lies glowing .^-\^$&@##
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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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##@&$^\-^. writhing with joy, accepts them all. .^-\^$&@##
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@@@&$^\-^. squirming otter, now a stretching cat, .^-\^$&@@@
##@&$^\-^. now almost humanoid. although suddenly .^-\^$&@##
&$\-----^. it all liquifies completely, now just a .^-----\$&
##@&$^\-^. burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but .^-\^$&@##
##@&$^\-^. by some internal fuel hostile to life. .^-\^$&@##
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