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#@@¤%^^-:¨ CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT ¨:-^^%¤@@#
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#@@¤%^^-:¨ A LIQUID SHAPED LIKE A LIVING THING, ¨:-^^%¤@@#
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##@@¤^^-:¨ IT LURES YOU CLOSER YET. ¨:-^^¤@@##
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#@@¤%^^-:¨ IT'S IN A STATE OF BLISS! IT'S A FLAME, ¨:-^^%¤@@#
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#@@¤%^^-:¨ SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, ¨:-^^%¤@@#
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##@¤%^^-:¨ 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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