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###¤§%*=^, glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ,^=*%§¤###
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¤§%=,,,,,, lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to ,,,,,,=%§¤
###¤§%*=^, be shared, shared with others. ,^=*%§¤###
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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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