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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 ¨,-*=*#@##
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##@#*=*-,¨ it lures you closer yet. ¨,-*=*#@##
##@#*=*-,¨ ¨,-*=*#@##
##@#*=*-,¨ 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 ¨,-*=*#@##
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##@#*=*-,¨ sludge extends a hand, and they take it, ¨,-*=*#@##
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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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