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.....&&..&          get down on your claws          ..&.&..&..
....&.&.&.          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~          .&&&&.&&..
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.&&....&&. it  must evoke  the  feeling  of  having &.&&&..&..
&.&...&.&& friends. it must be for to do crime.  to &&..&.&&..
&&&..&&&..            do what isn't done-           .&.&&&.&.&
..&.&..&.&                                          &&&..&&&&.
.&&&&.&&&& to do  what isn't done through  the thin ..&.&...&.
&...&&...& paper wrapping around the  soul. opening .&&&&..&&.
&..&.&..&.                                          &...&.&.&&
&.&&&&.&&. get  down  on  your  claws.  don't raise &..&&&&&..
&&...&&.&. arms  in  defense.  don't   peirce  like &.&....&.&
.&..&.&&&.         thorns through the paper.        &&&...&&&.
&&.&&&..&&                                          ..&..&..&.
.&&..&.&.&           and then rip it apart          .&&.&&.&&&
&.&.&&&&&.                                          &.&&.&&..&
&&&&....&&          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~          &&.&&.&.&.
...&...&.&                                          .&&.&&&&&&
..&&..&&&& on the floor of  the  sea lies the  most &.&&.....&
.&.&.&...& peculiar sludge creature, with a dreamy  &&.&....&&
&&&&&&..&.    face... they are experiencing pure    .&&&...&.&
.....&.&&. ecstasy in  a self-made reactor meltdown &..&..&&&.
....&&&.&.  (underwater society nudges inhabitants  &.&&.&..&.
...&..&&&. into  this  hole  as a  way  of  dodging &&.&&&.&&.
..&&.&..&&              responsibility)             .&&..&&.&.
.&.&&&.&..                                          &.&.&.&&&.
&&&..&&&.& *                                      * &&&&&&..&.
..&.&..&&&  *;~................................~;*  .....&.&&&
.&&&&.&...  ; liquid sea dragon                  ;  ....&&&..&
&...&&&..&  ~ subsuming reagents                 ~  ...&..&.&&
&..&..&.&&  . resuming common sense              .  ..&&.&&&..
&.&&.&&&..  ~ and harming gentlemen              ~  .&.&&..&.&
&&.&&..&..  ; farming lives and then             ;  &&&.&.&&&.
.&&.&.&&..  *;~................................~;*  ..&&&&..&&
&.&&&&.&.. *                                      * .&...&.&.&
&&...&&&..                                          &&..&&&&&.
.&..&..&.& keeping  that  poison inbetween its many .&.&....&&
&&.&&.&&&&            blue fleshy spikes            &&&&...&.&
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