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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, ..~=%*§@@#
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§%%=~..... LIT BY THE SUN! AND THIS PLEASURE IS TO .....~=%%§
§§§§*%=~.. BE SHARED, SHARED WITH OTHERS. ..~=%*§§§§
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#@@§*%=~.. THEY STEP INSIDE, TAKING THE SHAPE OF A ..~=%*§@@#
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@§%=~..... IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A .....~=%§@
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