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##@#%=^-., glows, it lures you closer. a creature! ,.-^=%#@##
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@%==^..,,, it's almost otter-like, but like lava, ,,,..^==%@
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#%^.,,,,,, are dripping with fire. with its song, ,,,,,,.^%#
@#=^--.,,, it lures you closer yet. ,,,.--^=#@
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@@%%=^^-., 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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@@@#%=^-., 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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