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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 ¨¨¨¨¨.=¤@#
##@@¤%==.¨ 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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