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####$*/-~, GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ,~-/*$####
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####$*/-~, ARE DRIPPING WITH FIRE. WITH ITS SONG, ,~-/*$####
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####$*/-~, BE SHARED, SHARED WITH OTHERS. ,~-/*$####
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####$*/-~, AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP ,~-/*$####
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