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##@@@**~-. LARGE SANDY BEACHES, UPSHORE WHERE .-~**@@@##
&&&@@**~-. DUNES MEET SHADOWY PINES. TEAL EGG, .-~**@@&&&
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@&@*---... 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 .-~**@&@@#
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&***~--... CERTAINLY EATS INSECTS MOST OF THE ...--~***&
#@@&@**~-. TIME, BUT IT KNOWS A GOOD BELLY BUTTON .-~**@&@@#
#@@&@**~-. WHEN IT SEES ONE, AND KNOWS TO ENTER .-~**@&@@#
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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. .-~**@&&@@
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##@@@**~-. IT'S A GRISLY SIGHT WHEN IT CRACKS .-~**@@@##
#@@&@**~-. OPEN, THE REPTILE TAKING THE QUICK .-~**@&@@#
##@&@**~-. EXIT, EMERGING BLOODIED AND VICTORIOUS .-~**@&@##
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