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##¶¤%^;~.. CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT ..~;^%¤¶##
¶%^~...... 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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¤^;;...... IT'S IN A STATE OF BLISS! IT'S A FLAME, ......;;^¤
##¶¤%^;~.. 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 ..~;^¤¶###
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¤^~....... WRITHING WITH JOY, ACCEPTS THEM ALL. .......~^¤
¤^^~~..... THEY STEP INSIDE, TAKING THE SHAPE OF A .....~~^^¤
¶¤¤¤%^;~.. SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, ..~;^%¤¤¤¶
##¶¤%^;~.. NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY ..~;^%¤¶##
#¤%%;~~... IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A ...~~;%%¤#
##¶¤%^;~.. BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT ..~;^%¤¶##
#¤¤¤%^;~.. BY SOME INTERNAL FUEL HOSTILE TO LIFE. ..~;^%¤¤¤#
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