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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 ¨¨¨¨,--*@#
¤@@*,¨¨¨¨¨ 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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