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......:-/^ -------- # egg eater # -------- ^/-:......
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....:-/^%& &%^/-:....
...:-/^%&¶ ¶&%^/-:...
..:-/^%&¶# absolutely spherical egg. find it on #¶&%^/-:..
.:-/^%&¶## large sandy beaches, upshore where ##¶&%^/-:.
..:-/^%&¶# dunes meet shadowy pines. teal egg, #¶&%^/-:..
...:-/^%&¶ ¶&%^/-:...
....:-/^%& makes some sentient bird or other &%^/-:....
.....:-/^% warm-blooded creature. lanky meat, %^/-:.....
......:-/^ incredible meat inside, mostly tendons. ^/-:......
.......:-/ slithery but strong. /-:.......
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.........: the egg has an opening. the egg has a :.........
.......... belly button. looks like a rubber ..........
.......... vortex, the crust gets soft and becomes ..........
.......... a hole. ..........
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.......... and on these beaches there's a ..........
.......... particular snake or lizard which ..........
.......... certainly eats insects most of the ..........
.........: time, but it knows a good belly button :.........
........:- when it sees one, and knows to enter -:........
.......:-/ the egg /-:.......
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.....:-/^% it will crawl into the teal sphere, %^/-:.....
....:-/^%& disappear completely and eat it all up, &%^/-:....
...:-/^%&¶ ruining the integrity of the egg. ¶&%^/-:...
..:-/^%&¶# destroying the inhabitant. #¶&%^/-:..
.:-/^%&¶## ##¶&%^/-:.
..:-/^%&¶# it's a grisly sight when it cracks #¶&%^/-:..
...:-/^%&¶ open, the reptile taking the quick ¶&%^/-:...
....:-/^%& exit, emerging bloodied and victorious &%^/-:....
.....:-/^% and satisfied~~ %^/-:.....
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