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¤¤££%%/~^. lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to .^~/%%££¤¤
¤%//~..... be shared, shared with others. .....~//%¤
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#@¶¤£%/~^. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .^~/%£¤¶@#
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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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