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##@#**;~-¨ ¨¨--~~;;¨ ¨;;~~--¨¨ ¨-~;**#@##
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@@@#**;~-¨ caustic and sweet sweet thing, it ¨-~;**#@@@
@***;~-¨¨¨ glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ¨¨¨-~;***@
##@#**;~-¨ ¨-~;**#@##
@@@#**;~-¨ 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 ¨¨-~~;*###
#@@#**;~-¨ by some internal fuel hostile to life. ¨-~;**#@@#
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