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#¶&%%=;~^¨ glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ¨^~;=%%&¶#
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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 ¨¨^^^~=%&¶
¶&%=~^¨¨¨¨ squirming otter, now a stretching cat, ¨¨¨¨^~=%&¶
¶%%;;^¨¨¨¨ now almost humanoid. although suddenly ¨¨¨¨^;;%%¶
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#¶&&%=;~^¨ by some internal fuel hostile to life. ¨^~;=%&&¶#
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