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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, .,~=*%§@@@
#@@§%*=~,. 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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##@§%*=~,. 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 .,~=*%§@@#
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