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#¤@%^~~... 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 .~~^%@¤£##
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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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