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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, ¨--;*&&&&#
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#****--¨¨¨ 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 ¨----;**##
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##@#&*;--¨ 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 ¨--;*&#@##
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