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##¶#@=†~-. and when it raises an arm, its fingers .-~†=@#¶##
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¶@@†~-.... it's in a state of bliss! it's a flame, ....-~†@@¶
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¶@@†-..... be shared, shared with others. .....-†@@¶
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¶¶@=†-.... squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ....-†=@¶¶
¶#=~--.... now almost humanoid. although suddenly ....--~=#¶
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¶@=~~~.... by some internal fuel hostile to life. ....~~~=@¶
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