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£&&*^^.... 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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##£&*=^~.. 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 ....^^=*££
&*==^..... sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .....^==*&
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##£&*=^~.. writhing with joy, accepts them all. ..~^=*&£##
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£&&==^^~.. squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ..~^^==&&£
#££&*=^~.. now almost humanoid. although suddenly ..~^=*&££#
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##£&*=^~.. burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but ..~^=*&£##
##£&*=^~.. by some internal fuel hostile to life. ..~^=*&£##
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