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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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#@@@¤%^~~. 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 .~~^%¤@@@#
@@@%~~~~~. 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, .~~^%¤@@##
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##@@¤%^~~. IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A .~~^%¤@@##
@@¤%%%^~~. BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT .~~^%%%¤@@
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